SAS - Rogue Warriors episode 3
SAS - Rogue Warriors episode 3: The remarkable story behind the fighting force. Stirling is locked away in Hitler's most secure prison and leadership of the SAS passes to Paddy Mayne.
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Transcript
00:09On the 10th of April 1945,
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00:35But then, out of nowhere,
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undefined:undefineda radical new combat unit,
01:03forged in the heat of
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01:20to enter a darker and far more
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undefined:undefinedof the SAS's fight for Europe.
01:40A new phase of the war
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01:58We were there,
02:00quite literally,
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02:35who fought in small groups
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undefined:undefineda famous mountaineer.
02:56Many at British HQ did not like
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undefined:undefinedradical new method of warfare.
03:18But in 1943, Stirling was captured
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undefined:undefinedon the battlefield
03:48as a warrior of the first rank.
03:52But unlike Stirling, he had no
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undefined:undefinedtold their story on film.
04:2157, take one.
04:27They all remembered the unit's most
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undefined:undefinedIf you were with Paddy Mayne...
04:55..there was no fear at all.
04:58But I think Paddy always
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05:16For two years, Stirling had led
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05:38In July 1943, 160,000 soldiers on
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05:59but at the spearhead
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06:37If Mayne's men failed to knock out
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undefined:undefinedgot very, very rough.
07:01And it got rougher and rougher.
07:06And I remember Paddy saying
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07:23which immediately fell apart
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undefined:undefinedblown off course,
07:36were fighting for their lives
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undefined:undefinedthey dropped them short
07:57and they fell in the sea.
07:59And as we went along, there was
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Why couldn't
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08:22Well, we'd got an operation.
08:25Please!
08:27Those people were the casualties.
08:31You can't.
08:33People might find it hard
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undefined:undefinedand storm the gun batteries.
09:01But each one was protected by
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09:25You could get underneath there,
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09:45allowing the invasion fleet
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undefined:undefinedcivilians cowering in the darkness.
10:16I heard voices, I called them and
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undefined:undefinedmy sister, really, was she was dark,
10:33my sister was fair,
10:35and the young girl,
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undefined:undefinedI thought of my kid sister.
11:08Now civilians were being
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11:39During the house-to-house combat,
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12:05This unique footage
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undefined:undefinedof silver spoons and an old brooch.
12:37They'd have been Viking raiders
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undefined:undefinedboys," and so on,
12:51was very typical of the attitude in
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13:22So far, Mayne had fulfilled
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13:42when they were ordered to storm
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14:14After a morning of fighting,
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14:32Most of the regular
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14:44to reinforce a point in the line
14:47where another counterattack was
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15:13We loaded onto the trucks
15:15and, well, I didn't hear it.
15:18The one that hits you,
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15:43It was a shambles, terrible.
15:45There was Sergeant McNinch.
15:50He was actually sick but
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undefined:undefineda bloody grin on, you bloody idiot!
16:03"Come on, out!" And I grabbed
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16:22and one arm had gone
16:24and you could see his heart,
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undefined:undefinedthat got the grenade on his leg,
16:45he'd just returned from hospital
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undefined:undefinedto mind, "I've got to put it out."
17:07I went to look around
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undefined:undefinedwas her eldest son.
17:27And as I stepped over the top of him
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undefined:undefinedIt was the only thing I could do.
17:42Couldn't have him
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18:03She was shellshocked but uninjured.
18:05He would never forget her expression
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undefined:undefinedI'd actually commanded.
18:35Men which I'd trained, new men,
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undefined:undefinedapart from anything else.
19:01The fight for the town raged
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undefined:undefinedwere delighted with the victory.
19:21But Mayne was deeply affected
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undefined:undefinedwhat he was going to do.
19:48He didn't go ranting and raving mad.
19:50He just became colder
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undefined:undefinedunder interrogation,
20:43he was surprised to be
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21:15In 1987, John Tonkin recorded
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undefined:undefinedthis unique and poignant testament
21:36to be broadcast.
21:46As Tonkin was being driven
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undefined:undefinedto what I have to say.
22:03"We now have orders,
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undefined:undefinedon, the German army, to its shame,
22:26"can no longer guarantee your life".
22:31Infuriated by the success
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undefined:undefinedthe order was inhumane and illegal.
22:49But as the Nazi zealots of the SS
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undefined:undefineda ten minute smoke-o.
23:18And I then got my idea
23:19and I started to work on the rope
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undefined:undefinedstarted up, without any hullabaloo,
23:41they hadn't missed me,
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undefined:undefinedSAS men were murdered in cold blood.
24:04The Fuhrer's revenge on the SAS
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undefined:undefinedhe said, he can't,
24:24he couldn't understand how anybody
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undefined:undefinedpush of the war - D-Day.
24:57160,000 British,
25:00Canadian and American troops were
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undefined:undefinedthe plan to launch an unprecedented
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25:41in any way they could.
25:43The SAS had grown into
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26:13He would meet him at dawn,
26:14after an all-night drinking session
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26:30everybody was still in bed.
26:31I opened the door and
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26:50He'd been training for months
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undefined:undefinedhad been, er...
27:23celebrating the night before
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undefined:undefinedPull him a pint of beer."
27:41So I went across and I pulled him
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27:58McLuskey, dubbed
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undefined:undefinedinto action, Paddy Mayne,
28:14to his frustration, would not.
28:17He was promoted to Lieutenant
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undefined:undefinedthe former Nazi prisoner,
28:31newly promoted Captain John Tonkin.
28:35He was to lead Operation Bulbasket
28:38and parachute into the forest near
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28:54"and you'd better
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29:20And it was absolutely beautiful.
29:24Dangling in the air, drifting gently
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undefined:undefinedsaid Agent Samuel,
29:50whose fantastical real name was
29:53Major Rene Amedee Louis Pierre
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30:15fighters who were sworn
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30:34And worst of all, they had been
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30:59..including Jeeps.
31:02And suddenly the sky
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31:21and dug itself a hole.
31:27Tonkin was now ready to set up camp
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32:00to conduct their sabotage missions.
32:04Just as in the Desert War,
32:05they would use Jeeps to attack
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32:35the aircraft would pick them up.
32:47The results of their missions
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33:25For every SAS success,
33:27the Nazis exacted bloody reprisals
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33:4621 civilians were shot
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34:09On June the 22nd,
34:10the Parachute Padre
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34:36With him he carried
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undefined:undefinedto see the padre
34:59as a kind of symbol of the will
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
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undefined:undefined492
undefined:undefined493
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedsometimes, you know.
35:23He even came out and he was
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined499
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedunprotected because I had a large
35:41and burly batman who came with me
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined503
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedwithout sentimentality,
36:02to tend to their spirits.
36:04Even their hearts.
36:09I had no doubt that the war was
36:12necessary. I was quite sure
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined510
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedhe smoothed the feathers of fear.
36:40He did a terrific amount of
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined517
undefined:undefined518
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedsaboteurs was underway.
37:08Tonkin's wireless messages to HQ
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined523
undefined:undefined524
undefined:undefined525
undefined:undefined526
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedbored and careless.
37:30Two of my SAS troopers,
37:33rather...EXTREMELY stupidly,
37:36had gone into the village
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined532
undefined:undefined533
undefined:undefined534
undefined:undefined535
undefined:undefined536
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedGermans are coming, run, run, run!"
38:13I was almost certain that they were
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined540
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedof the enemy.
38:33GUNSHOT
38:3531 captured SAS men were now
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined547
undefined:undefined548
undefined:undefined549
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedofficer who could speak German,
39:19was read the execution order
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined554
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedthe forest and buried in the pits.
39:49Today, a memorial marks the
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined559
undefined:undefined560
undefined:undefined561
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedany display of emotion.
40:1231 SAS were caught and
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined566
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedthat had been murdered there
40:35in the forest. So he had to
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined571
undefined:undefined572
undefined:undefined573
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedfairly rough with them, the Germans.
41:05Wherever we could find them
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined579
undefined:undefined580
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedwere unsuccessful.
41:37Over a three-month period, Bulbasket
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined585
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedand taken 3,000 prisoners -
41:56including a general.
42:00In a theatre of war much darker
42:02and more brutal than
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined591
undefined:undefined592
undefined:undefined593
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefineddrove an SAS Jeep.
42:31In the passenger seat was
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined597
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedbut to coordinate action.
42:47He therefore drove around
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined601
undefined:undefined602
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedcommander's complex personality.
43:10He was physically terribly tough
43:13and a very nice and kind fellow
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined607
undefined:undefined608
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedour coffee and so on and he suddenly
43:33produced a hand grenade and
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined614
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedblow himself to pieces and us,"
44:03so we just sat there.
44:10And, of course, he'd cut the
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined619
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedof war the SAS was now fighting,
44:25filled with daring bravado but with
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined623
undefined:undefined624
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedbloody chapter, the SAS found itself
45:01fighting against people
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined628
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedas a forward reconnaissance force,
45:23weeding out pockets of resistance
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined632
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedcoordinate the action,
45:52Mayne hadn't tasted battle since
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined638
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedthe strains of his favourite Irish
46:11music - the ballads of Percy French.
46:17MUSIC: Come Back Paddy Reilly
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined643
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedin the War Diary.
46:43A group of SAS men were pinned down
46:45by the roadside and
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined648
undefined:undefined649
undefined:undefined650
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedinto a storm of bullets,
47:11laying down his own barrage.
47:16When he reached the end of the road,
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined657
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedpicked up the wounded and dead
47:34and, by some miracle,
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined662
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedthe same way as the first -
47:52saving his men with a complete
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined670
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedthe many citations he received.
48:27"By a single act of supreme bravery,
48:29"he drove the enemy
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined675
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedthe highest award
48:42"for gallantry and leadership."
48:45And yet Mayne was not
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined680
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefineda source of deep controversy.
49:05Perhaps some at HQ didn't want
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined684
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedby independent witnesses.
49:26In SAS operations - covert,
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined689
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedaward Paddy Mayne the VC was proof
49:48that the regiment had never
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined695
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefineduncovered the full horror
50:11of what Hitler's SS
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined699
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedlike a plague miasma,
50:30the reek of pure evil.
50:31The appalling smell grew steadily
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined704
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedthe horror of that camp.
51:11You can only describe it as meeting
51:15some 30,000 walking skeletons.
51:24When a prisoner got to the stage
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined711
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedtaking pot-shots at the prisoners
51:48and nobody was paying any attention.
51:50And I have
51:53never been so angry in my life.
52:01So I went round and
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined720
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedvery horribly."
52:20And I said, "Now, get out and stop
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined725
undefined:undefined726
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedthe meaning of civilisation.
52:49My father had huge self-control
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined730
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedso that it never happens again.
53:12What a creed like Nazism can do
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined735
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedto rejoice on V-E Day.
53:57The Prime Minister Churchill
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined739
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedreason to celebrate.
54:13David Stirling, the maverick
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined743
undefined:undefined744
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedColditz required treatment before
54:40they were safe to be allowed back
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined748
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedfor two days.
54:59For over two years Stirling had been
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined752
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedI was in a nightclub.
55:21By two o'clock I was having
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined757
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedunemotional memo from the War Office
55:51with a directive
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined763
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedbeen away from their regiments
56:09for years and all
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined768
undefined:undefined769
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedThat was to an officer, too.
56:35I'm inclined to think
undefined:undefined00:00:13,044 --> 00:00:16,060
undefined:undefined773
undefined:undefined774
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefined
undefined:undefinedhelped to speed it up,
56:52we helped to speed up
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