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Ep 47 – SAS Rogue Heroes Season Two – Part One (With Ben Simmons and George) Exploring Episodes 1-3 of SAS Rogue Heroes Season 2 with Our Military Experts

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In this week’s episode, SAS Correspondent George and SAS Rogue Heroes military advisor Ben Simmons are back to discuss the long-anticipated second season. Since we like to give the show the attention it deserves, this is the first part of a two-part episode covering episodes 1-3 of SAS Rogue Heroes season 2. Check back next week for episodes 4-6.

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This is definitely not the first SAS related thing we’re doing, so also check out the following if you like this show:

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In the episode, we mention and George reads from the letter to Patrick Dudgeon’s father, by German Lieutenant Victor Schmit. You can find the rest of the rather remarkable letter on this blog.

Working Class History podcast about the Italian resistance

Sam pulls from this podcast series about the Italian resistance in her notes and recommends you give all four episodes a listen if you want to learn more.







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