The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Your book SAS Forged in Hell, tells the story of the part 1 SAS played in the Sicily and Italian campaigns of World War II. Could you start by telling us about the role they carried out under their commander Major Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne in those campaigns, which...
SAS Brothers in Arms is a fascinating character study of the men who founded the SAS and the desert war they fought during WW II. Lewis follows the development of the SAS from a parachute unit to its adoption of vehicles to take them to their targets. Developing...
Damien Lewis on Josephine Baker, the Flame of Resistance in WW2 | RSS.com
The Flame of Resistance is part biography of Josephine Baker and part history of the British and French Secret Services in World War Two. The book focuses on the intelligence war fought across French North Africa, painting both a romantic and brutal portrait of the...
Head to Waterstones, Cambridge on Remembrance Day, from 18:00-19:30 For the first time, Cambridgeshire SAS veteran, and second in command of Bravo Three Zero, Des Powell reveals their story. This year is the 80th anniversary year of the SAS and 30 years since the...
When I first saw this book, I thought it was another generic book on the SAS, which would join a long list of similar publications. How wrong I was. This is a thrilling and very specific book, and the clue that it is not a general account of the SAS lies in the...
Damien features on a number of podcasts and interviews, discussing his work, which you can find here: History Hit on Acast Midas Culture Shot podcast with Sky News editor Ben Monro-Davies on Spotify BBC Radio 5 Interview on SAS Band of Brothers - Start: 2h19m. Second...
Sunlight filtered through the woodland as the first of the SAS captives - troopers Billy Young, Joe Walker, Pat Barker and Sergeant Thomas Varey - were lined up by armed German guards. Driven in army trucks from Paris, where they'd been held at Gestapo's HQ, there...
Staring down the barrel of the 9mm pistol, Serge Vaculik felt his innards turn to ice. He had to hope the Gestapo officer was bluffing, although it didn’t look that way. There was spittle at the corners of his mouth, like a rabid dog. SS Hauptsturmführer Richard...
More than 150 miles behind enemy lines, the SAS raiders slipped noiselessly into the trees. Serge “Frenchy” Vaculik, Thomas “Ginger” Jones and Paddy Barker formed one party. They picked their way through the forest towards where they knew the German ammunition dump...
