"Who dares, wins”. Nowadays the British SAS - Special Air Service is considered one of the best special forces in the world. Yet its wartime origins are shrouded in mysteries and legends. From the first ideas of top-secret “special raiding squadrons”, to the first raids in North Africa accompanying the Long Range Desert Group, the SAS’s beginnings resemble one big experiment. An experiment from which a truly legendary special service would emerge.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński
Community Management: Ian Sowden
Written by: Markus Linke & Indy Neidell
Research by: Markus Linke
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Sietse Kenter
Edited by: Karolina Dołęga
Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
Mikołaj Uchman
Jaris Almazani (Artistic Man), https://instagram.com/artistic.man?ig...

Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
- Imperial War Museums: HU 73810, NA 676, TR1425, E 3064E, HU 24994, E 14454, HU 69884, HU 69650, H 23177, H 23192, CBM 2222, TE 21338, E 12385,E 20084, E 12434, A70 217-4, IWM E 6390, E 6404, E 12385, H 17489
- National Archives NARA
- Portrait of Peter Fleming courtesy of National Portrait Gallery
- A Webley Mk. VI courtesy of Rama + https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- Bren gun courtesy of Robert DuHamel https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:...
- Machine gun M1928A1 credit Auckland Museum https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- Map of Africa courtesy of David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
- Arab insurgents during the 1936–39 Arab Revolt in Mandatory Palestine courtesy of hanini.org

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
- Remembrance - Fabien Tell
- Other Sides of Glory - Fabien Tell
- Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell
- Disciples of Sun Tzu - Christian Andersen
- Break Free - Fabien Tell
- Please Hear Me Out - Philip Ayers

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