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Let's talk history! The people, the places, the missions, and more. (For copyright reasons, this will not involve streaming the show.)

Have you, your friends, granddad, professor, barista et cetera been meaning to watch SAS:RH? Here's a deadline. Go watch, then come join in:

Sunday, March 8 will cover episodes 1 & 2

Sunday, March 15 will cover episodes 3 & 4

Sunday, March 22 will cover episodes 5 & 6

All the details and links are in one document: bit.ly/sas-annotated.

See you there!

#sas rogue heroes #sas rh #history #wwii #Seriously invite your granddad. Invite your dad. Invite your aunt. I'm doing Zoom not Discord so that everyone can get in on it #sas irl #This should be tagged Royal Navy Submarine Service the way we'll be deep diving #events #sas annotated

"Lieut. Edward McDonald, D.C.M. of the Cameron Highlanders comes from Edinburgh. He is 24 and the leader of one of the long range desert patrols." (IWM)

#edward mcdonald #He of the little bitty butterfly tattooo #history #sasrh #sas rogue heroes

"Original wartime caption: The General talking to Commandant Bourgouin of the French troops." (IWM)

#pierre-louis bourgoin #robert blair mayne #sas rh #wwii #bernard montgomery #Bombastic side eye.

"A cine-cameraman of the Army film and photo Unit accompanies the patrols to photograph their activities. He is seen here showing a bit of film to the patrol commander." (IWM) (🦋)

#edward mcdonald #peep his butterfly tattoo....#sas rogue heroes #history #wwii

#paddy mayne #robert blair mayne #sas rogue heroes #sas rh #history #Literally one of my favorite RBM transmissions right up there with 'saddle and spurs'#Also. TWO POSTS IN ONE DAY?#Well u see it's Sunday but not an SAS Annotated Sunday and I miss u guys. Ever think of that

Can you recommend any other tumblers that concentrate on the real SAS? It feels like everyone only cares about the shows.

If I'm honest lad here is where I admit that while I am fairly proficient at posting....I am horrible at browsing and therefore lack anyone particular in mind..!.! Replies to this here post could act as a rendezvous for blogs fitting this description, should anyone want to raise a hand 🖐

Here is also where I establish the official position of this page as a ⚠️ Show-Positive Zone‼️ Screen adaptation has an unrivaled ability to make tangible the events & figures & eras of history that otherwise would remain off most people's radars entirely. There will always be things missing/wrong/undercontextualized.... cue the one squillion Reddit threads about Dike in Band of Brothers, as one of so many examples.... especially when conforming to genre. (Us historically-inclined audiences are notoriously hard to please & thus I understand yr frustration)

But at the end of the day anything that gets the public interested is a plus in my book and there is something of the magic about seeing a person you met on a diary page in a far corner of the library or internet, long dead & nearly gone from memory, be portrayed in living color (and subsequently unleashed into the contemporary media landscape.) Discussion! Permanency! Reexamination! Controversy! Splendor and misery! Ah, would it that death were the end. Alas we are people.

#sas rh #sas rogue heroes #history #wwii #ask #If YOU 🫵 are a Historical SAS Poaster bring your bad self into these replies howsabout

"Cpl. James McDiarmid, of the Black Watch, comes from Perth. He believes in full cultivation as far as beards are concerned." (IWM)

#jock mcdiarmid #sas rh #sas rogue heroes #history #wwii

"CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE BARDIA AREA. E. 1483.

A Priest celebrating Mass in the Desert at Sunrise, the troops are those beseiging Bardia.

Taken by Capt. Keating. 31.12.40. W.O. Ass. No. 89." (IWM)

#free french #wwii #history #sas rh #sas rogue heroes #Yes i'm free french posting. I will not apologize for party rocking #Plus this photo is unbelieeeeeaveably beautiful

sas-irl

RECORDINGS ARE UP,

and like everything else good in this world, they're on that very same bit.ly/sas-annotated.

sas-irl

A SECOND SAS ANNOTATED

means there's a second recording waiting for you over at bit.ly/sas-annotated.

sas-irl

JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH,

a third (and final!) recording has hit bit.ly/sas-annotated.

(Being serious for a second - covering S1 history in this way and chatting with you guys and goofing around has been a total joy and I want to thank everyone for coming!!!)

#And YETH we will be doing season 2.... my weekends are about to become so crazy so expect a little delay on s2 #But also that means MORE ADVANCE NOTICE and MORE FUN... more time to press-gang your friends into watching to join in for the coverage here #sas rogue heroes #sasrh #history #sas annotated

sas-irl

Let's talk history! The people, the places, the missions, and more. (For copyright reasons, this will not involve streaming the show.)

Have you, your friends, granddad, professor, barista et cetera been meaning to watch SAS:RH? Here's a deadline. Go watch, then come join in:

Sunday, March 8 will cover episodes 1 & 2

Sunday, March 15 will cover episodes 3 & 4

Sunday, March 22 will cover episodes 5 & 6

All the details and links are in one document: bit.ly/sas-annotated.

See you there!

T minus 20 🪂 🪂 🪂

T minus 24 hours 🕺🕺🕺

T minus 1 hour‼️‼️

T minus 3 or something LET'S DO IT ONE LAST TIME BOYS

#sas rh #sas rogue heroes #history #Well one last time until. Ah i shan't say #:-)

"OPERATION BULBASKET - Members of 1 SAS Regiment having an open air meal at their clandestine camp in Le Foret de Verrieres near Chateauroux, June 1944. Standing is Captain J E Tonkin. Sitting (right) is Lt H Morris. The four remaining men in the photograph were captured by the Germans on 3 July 1944 and executed on 7 July 1944." (IWM)

#john tonkin #hugh morris #wwii #sas rh #history

"GENERAL MONTGOMERY VISITS S.A.S. BRIGADE - General Montgomery talking to Colonel Durand who commands the French troops in the brigade." (IWM)

#paddy mayne #robert blair mayne #antoine durand #bernard montgomery #sas rh #I love when yr flicking thru photos being like Ah nice and then being like #🫵 Homeboy Spotted #albeit in profile

"Major David Stirling of the Scots Guard, Parachute Battalion." (IWM)

#david stirling #wwii #history #sas rh #sas rogue heroes #absolutely wading thru the IWM here lads this one isn't even tagged with location or subject. Rewarding but you do yearn to punch something

sas-irl

RECORDINGS ARE UP,

and like everything else good in this world, they're on that very same bit.ly/sas-annotated.

sas-irl

A SECOND SAS ANNOTATED

means there's a second recording waiting for you over at bit.ly/sas-annotated.

#Some are calling this specific google doc “Valhalla”. I can't confirm or deny #Anyway this talk was so so so fun and I'm so glad people came by... let's do it again next Sunday howsabouts :-)#sas rogue heroes #sas rh #history #sas annotated

"A jeep manned by Sergeant A Schofield and Trooper O Jeavons of 1 SAS near Geilenkirchen in Germany. The jeep is armed with three Vickers 'K' guns, and fitted with armoured glass shields in place of a windscreen. The SAS were involved at this time in clearing snipers in the 43rd Wessex Division area." (IWM)

#history #sas rh #sasrh #sas rogue heroes #wwii #Albert Schofield #Oliver Jeavons #Charles Harry Hewitt