WATCH: The real story of how the SAS began
- 11 months ago
Author, film-director and former commander Tom Petch will tell the real story of how the world’s pre-eminent Special Forces were born in a special talk for the Festival of Chichester.
Myth inevitably surrounds the origins of the SAS, but Tom will cut through it, exploring the ideas and characters that forged a new means of warfare from the wreckage of Dunkirk.
Co-hosted by Petworth Bookshop, the event will be in The Assembly Room, Chichester on Saturday, June 10, 7.30pm. Tickets: £20, livestream: £10. Tickets on https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/ Tom’s book Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS has been published by WH Allen at £20, available from Petworth Bookshop, Amazon and most bookshops.
Myth inevitably surrounds the origins of the SAS, but Tom will cut through it, exploring the ideas and characters that forged a new means of warfare from the wreckage of Dunkirk.
Co-hosted by Petworth Bookshop, the event will be in The Assembly Room, Chichester on Saturday, June 10, 7.30pm. Tickets: £20, livestream: £10. Tickets on https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/ Tom’s book Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS has been published by WH Allen at £20, available from Petworth Bookshop, Amazon and most bookshops.