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#1 The six men were wedged into the aircraft’s narrow hold like the proverbial sardines in a tin. They were prepared for the long flight ahead, and their commander, Trevor Alan Gordon Pritchard, was a ten-year Army veteran and a tough-as-old-boots regular.
#2 The first British airborne raid was codenamed Operation Colossus, and it was led by Tait. The Whitley aircraft flew with a pronounced nose-down attitude, making the hold pitch at a bizarre angle. With no side-door, the only means for the men to exit was via a dark, narrow hole in the floor.
#3 The first Allied airborne raiders were sent to the Scottish Highlands to train. The Scottish Highlands were not too different from the kind of terrain that Pritchard’s SAS would be deployed to, and they were there to learn how to fight and survive in such an environment.
#4 The raiders were taught to be self-reliant, and to track and kill a wild animal if they were separated from their comrades. They were also taught to use fair means or foul to kill, and to keep their weapons concealed until the last possible moment.

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	03 mai 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669399537
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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#1

The six men were wedged into the aircraft’s narrow hold like the proverbial sardines in a tin. They were prepared for the long flight ahead, and their commander, Trevor Alan Gordon Pritchard, was a ten-year Army veteran and a tough-as-old-boots regular.

#2

The first British airborne raid was codenamed Operation Colossus, and it was led by Tait. The Whitley aircraft flew with a pronounced nose-down attitude, making the hold pitch at a bizarre angle. With no side-door, the only means for the men to exit was via a dark, narrow hole in the floor.

#3

The first Allied airborne raiders were sent to the Scottish Highlands to train. The Scottish Highlands were not too different from the kind of terrain that Pritchard’s SAS would be deployed to, and they were there to learn how to fight and survive in such an environment.

#4

The raiders were taught to be self-reliant, and to track and kill a wild animal if they were separated from their comrades. They were also taught to use fair means or foul to kill, and to keep their weapons concealed until the last possible moment.

#5

The eight Whitleys that were to carry the paratroopers were scheduled to fly diversionary raids, hitting targets adjacent to the paratroopers’ landing zone. This way, if the fleet of aircraft was heard passing overhead, the enemy would believe it was a bombing raid.

#6

The raid on Rome was a colossal undertaking. The men had traveled over 1,600 miles from the UK to their forward operating base in Malta. They had been flying through enemy airspace for hours, and had been shot at by German anti-aircraft fire.

#7

The X in X Troop stood for both hush-hush and ex – expendables who were sent into the unknown to attempt something that had never been done before. They were given a strangely emotional send-off by the chief of Combined Operations, Admiral Roger Keyes.

#8

The raid was led by a forty-something veteran of the First World War, Flight Lieutenant Ralph Lucky. He was fluent in several languages, and had spent the inter-war years in the Middle East. He was married to an Egyptian.

#9

The raiders were briefed on the mission, and Admiral Keyes stressed how important it was. He told them how proud he was of them, but added that he didn’t expect to see many of them again.

#10

The sick man was ordered off his aircraft. They were one man down, and before the fleet of warplanes had even taken off, it was clear that something was wrong.

#11

The British government created a cover story for the Colossus project, which was that the destruction of a bridge in Abyssinia would cause a disruption to the Italian war effort. The men of X Troop did not want to know the destination of the raid, for fear they might inadvertently give away the game to the enemy.

#12

The men were pioneers, or guinea pigs, as Pritchard had put it. They could choose whatever word they preferred. They were going to strike at Italy itself, not some far-flung outpost of empire.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The British had their mastery of the sea, and they had seized practically all of Western Europe. There seemed no reason why the Commando concept shouldn’t be adopted by British troops.

#2

The British Commando was created by Dudley Clarke, and was approved by Churchill. It was to be a raiding force that would help the Army exercise its offensive spirit. He recruited several redoubtable women to staff his headquarters, including Constance Rumbold, the daughter of Sir Horace Rumbold, who had served as Britain’s ambassador to Berlin in the 1930s.

#3

Clarke’s first raid was planned. His Commandos were to be self-starters and independently minded, so they would press on to their objective no matter what might have befallen their fellows.

#4

Clarke established a central Commando store, where volunteers could pick up their daily allowance. He also wanted to create 5,000 Special Service Volunteers, who would be trained for hazardous duties.

#5

In June 1940, 120 men from No. 2 Commando set sail in four RAF Crash Boats, carrying thirty raiders apiece. They landed at several points and inflicted casualties on the German troops. The media hailed the bulldog spirit of the Commandos, and many people wanted to join them.

#6

The first unit to be formed was the 11 Special Air Service, which was christened so as to bluff the enemy that ten other airborne brigades were already in existence. They trained at Ringway, a flat, windblown civilian airstrip just south of Manchester.

#7

Clarke was to develop the dark arts of trickery, deception, and bluff to help trounce the Italians in North Africa. He had created the name SAS out of a bogus parachute regiment to fool the Italians.

#8

The moon window was crucial for the success of Operation Colossus. It was a short period within each month when pilots could navigate their way to a remote drop-zone using only the light of the moon.

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