SAS: Rogue Warriors

PBS America

9:40 PM to 10:55 PM

Saturday 14 September

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Ben Macintyre concludes his history of formation of the British Army special forces unit. With David Stirling locked away in Hitler's most secure prison Colditz, the leadership of the SAS passed to Paddy Mayne, a man who built his reputation on the battlefield as a warrior of the first rank. In 1943, the SAS leaves the desert for Europe to enter a darker and far more complex theatre of war, where they face the threat of execution and the trauma of civilian casualties, as well as being the first to witness the nightmare of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp