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  2. List of SAS operations - Wikipedia

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    The SAS were involved at this time in clearing snipers in the 43rd Wessex Division area. The below operations were overseen by the brigade formation known as Special Air Service Troops: Operations in support of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of German-occupied France: Operation Titanic, 6 June 1944.

  3. Special Air Service - Wikipedia

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    The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling , and in 1950 it was reconstituted as a corps . [ 5 ] The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism , hostage rescue , direct action and special reconnaissance .

  4. Special Air Service Troops - Wikipedia

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    The Special Air Service Troops was a brigade sized formation of the Special Air Service, which was founded on 7 January 1944 in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. The formation was also known as the SAS Brigade. The brigade was a multi-national force of British, French, and Belgian units.

  5. List of British special service brigades of the Second World War

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    Here Brigadier Mike Calvert (centre, walking towards camera) reviews the French contingent of the Special Air Service Troops brigade, following the end of the war and prior to it being disbanded. [1] [2] In mid-1940, after the defeat of the World War II Allies in the Battle of France, the British Army began raising a raiding force.

  6. History of the Special Air Service - Wikipedia

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    Just prior to this, the third SAS regiment was formed and like 21 SAS was part of the Territorial Army. 23 SAS Regiment was formed by the renaming of the Joint Reserve Reconnaissance Unit, which itself had succeeded M.I.9 via a series of units (POW Rescue, Recovery and Interrogation Unit, Intelligence School 9 and the Joint Reserve POW ...

  7. Operations Wallace and Hardy - Wikipedia

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    In 1944 the Special Air Service Brigade was formed and consisted of the British 1st and 2nd Special Air Service, the French 3rd and 4th Special Air Service and the Belgian 5th Special Air Service. [5] They used specially converted American made Jeeps armed with a number of Vickers K guns, and proved so successful they kept them on. [6]

  8. Operation Houndsworth - Wikipedia

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    The men involved in Operation Houndsworth were part of the Special Air Service Brigade.The Special Air Service (SAS) was a unit of the British Army during the Second World War, formed in July 1941 by David Stirling and originally called "L" Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade—"L" being an attempt at deception implying the existence of numerous such units.

  9. List of British airborne brigades of the Second World War

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    Special Air Service Troops: 7 January 1944: N/A UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Norway France, Italy, Western Allied invasion of Germany: N/A The brigade contained British, Belgian, and French Special Air Service units. It did not fight as a cohesive force, instead the it oversaw the control of various units that were engaged ...