British showrunner Steven Knight’s criminally overlooked Special Air Service series is a World War II saga unlike any other.

Meanwhile the 2nd SAS took part in Operation Begonia from October 2 to 6. The objective was to locate escaped prisoners of war from the Italian interior, and rescue them for extraction.

Major Sadler fought with the SAS in Italy and France following his time in the desert war, before setting up the SAS intelligence unit. On August 7, 1944, Major Sadler was dropped by parachute ...