Band of Brothers just happens to be my most favourite TV series ever. So when I saw a non fiction book by Damien Lewis about a parachute squad referred to as Band of Brothers I had to buy the book. Turns out this Damien Lewis is not the actor who starred in the series but a military historian, one who specialises in world war two to boot. The soldiers Lewis writes about are also English not American and are captured, tortured and, in some cases, murdered.

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A couple of months later, the War Office decreed that the SAS was to be disbanded. Even in wartime, its clandestine status had been unpopular with some of the top brass and now, evidently, there was no longer any need for it. These guys really had it rough. Every turn was danger and the threat of death and torture. They showed out for a cause bigger than themselves. It was very admirable what they did.

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