EXCLUSIVE: It was July 1943, and Blair Paddy Mayne, the SAS s commander, was tasked with the destruction of the shore guns on the Capo Murro di Porco in Sicily.
It’s a story of extravagant lies, homemade bombs and adrenaline-pumped commandos. Joshua Levine charts the formative years of the SAS through the exploits of four extraordinary servicemen