SAS

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Special Air Service (SAS)
British commandos Badge (SAS)
Tag: [SAS]
Campaign: ViE#4
Affiliation: Allies
Country: United Kingdom
Type: SAS
Allies: None
Opponent(s): 4-FJ
Rank System used: SAS ranks
Squads: 3 (Offense, Defense, Special Forces)
Commander: General Catachan / Lt. General Squinty
Record: 11-13

The SAS was the sole Allied division of ViE Campaign 4, fighting against the 4. Fallschirmjäger-Division under the command of General Catachan, later replaced by Lt. General Squinty. It only narrowly lost the campaign, with a record of 11 victories and 13 defeats. The unit used SAS ranks

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Commanding Officers

Here is a list of the Officers commanding this Division.

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Structure

The Division itself was further divided into 3 main squads, The Blade, The Hilt and The Flame.

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The Hilt (Defense)

The squad's Commanding Officer was Captain LordHammer.

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The Blade (Offense)

The squad's Commanding Officer was Captain aga.

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The Flame (Special forces)

The squad's Commanding Officer was Lieutenant Grape.

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Members

The Hilt

Officers

  • [SAS]H|Cpt. LordHammer
  • [SAS]H|Lt. Open
  • [SAS]H|2Lt.Baditude

Troops

  • [SAS]H|Daedalus
  • SASH|RazzerKFG[LoN]
  • [SAS]H|Ferg-|RtM|-
  • [SAS]H|^priv
  • [SAS]H|Metallica
  • [SAS]H|B!ggsy
  • [SAS]H|Capitali$t
  • [SAS]H|Tyrone_Shoelaces
  • [SAS]H|Ciwawa
  • [SAS]H|Tick Tock Man
  • [SAS]H|aKa
  • [SAS]H|Voidhawk
  • [SAS]H|No Refunds
  • [SAS]H|RnR
  • [SAS]H|Kuku
  • [SAS]H|TheArchitect
  • [SAS]H|Nova
  • [SAS]H|appleton
  • [SAS]H|kmk
  • [SAS]H|Buddy Lee

The Blade

Officers

  • [SAS]B|Cpt: aga
  • [SAS]B|Lt: MiniShifty
  • [SAS]B|2Lt: salient

Soldiers

  • [SAS]B|REDRUM
  • [SAS]B|Gatsby
  • [SAS]B|Warlord
  • [SAS]B|Coldblooded
  • [SAS]B|Oldie
  • [SAS]B|hurry
  • [SAS]B|zax
  • [SAS]B|smmeggy
  • [SAS]B|Gamble
  • [SAS]B|Darkrider
  • [SAS]B|Bull
  • [SAS]B|aggressive napkin
  • [SAS]B|HogWild
  • [SAS]B|Nannz
  • [SAS]B|Mickeyway
  • [SAS]B|mAfqA
  • [SAS]B|HUSSAR
  • [SAS]B|nil0x
  • [SAS]B|HeartBreak
  • [SAS]B|Acidkonig
  • [SAS]B|KlippeR
  • [SAS]B|Mortal Coil
  • [SAS]B|DARTH-VADER
  • [SAS]B|Spoon
  • [SAS]B|joppe
  • [SAS]B|awoL
  • [SAS]B|Chet Random
  • [SAS]B|ToAd
  • [SAS]B|PureLife
  • [SAS]B|Snoogans
  • [SAS]B|Dolly
  • [SAS]B|Ox[i]de
  • [SAS]B|Luckmeister
  • [SAS]B|Rex
  • [SAS]B|Ace_McGirk
  • [SAS]B|Patton
  • [SAS]B|Jesper
  • [SAS]B|Worse
  • [SAS]B|Tader Salad
  • [SAS]B|HolyMary
  • [SAS]B|Peppers30
  • [SAS]B|Georgyboy
  • [SAS]B|Kinnaz
  • [SAS]B|Tsolias.gr
  • [SAS]B|Rax

The Flame

Officers

  • [SAS]F|Captain: Open
  • [SAS]F|Lt: grape (acting leader)
  • [SAS]F|Lt2: Open

Soldiers:

  • [SAS]F|Swatje
  • [SAS]F|eXzet
  • [SAS]F|Sil
  • [SAS]F|Groove
  • [SAS]F|Pte.Skinn
  • [SAS]F|Oiball
  • [SAS]F|Major Tom
  • [SAS]F|Banjo the Ninja
  • [SAS]F|Tim_Beluga

Departure lounge:

  • [SAS]ahh!
  • [SAS]Sabotage
  • [SAS]Pitmedden

Evicted:

  • [SAS]RuSh
  • [SAS]Gundo
  • [SAS]ChaosTheory
  • [SAS]F|Pte.Wyvern
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The real history

The Special Air Service Regiment SAS is the principal special forces unit of the British Army. A small and secretive institution, it attracts a disproportionate amount of media coverage. The SAS was formed in 1941 with British and French volontaries to conduct raids behind German lines or Rommel in North Africa, and today serves as a model for similar units fielded by other countries.

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World War II

The SAS forms part of the United Kingdom Special Forces.

The SAS is widely regarded as one of the finest and best-trained special forces units in the world.

During World War II in 1940 the British Commandos were formed following Winston Churchill's call for "specially trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast."
British commandos (SAS) upon their return to England after Battle of Dieppe; 1942
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British commandos (SAS) upon their return to England after Battle of Dieppe; 1942

The Commandos were selected from volunteers among existing servicemen and went on to spawn a number of other specialist units including the Long Range Desert Group, the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service and the Small Scale Raiding Force of the Special Operations Executive. In the Burma Campaign, the Chindits, whose long range penetration groups were trained to operate from bases deep behind Japanese lines, contained commandos (King's Regiment (Liverpool), 142 Commando Company) and Gurkhas. Their jungle expertise, which would play an important part in many British special forces operations post war, was learnt, at a great cost in lives, in the jungles of Burma fighting the Japanese.

In mid-1942, the United States formed the Rangers who were based on and trained by the Commandos. The United States and Canada also formed a sabotage ski brigade for operations in Norway who became known as the Devil's Brigade during their eventual service in Italy. Merrill's Marauders were modelled on the Chindits and took part in similar operations in Burma.

The German army had the Brandenburger Regiment who became a special forces unit used by the Abwehr for infiltration and long distance reconnaissance in Fall Weiss of 1939 and the Fall Gelb and Barbarossa campaigns of 1940. Later during the war the SS- Jagdverbände, a unit within the Waffen SS commanded by Otto Skorzeny, also conducted many special operations.

On October 21, 1944 Hitler—inspired by an American subterfuge which had put three captured German tanks flying German colours to devastating use at Aachen—summoned Skorzeny to Berlin and assigned him to lead a panzer brigade. As planned by Skorzeny in Operation Greif, about two dozen German soldiers, most of them in captured American army Jeeps and disguised as American Military Police officers, penetrated American lines in the early hours of the Battle of the Bulge and sowed disorder and confusion behind the Allied lines by mis-directing convoys away from the front lines. A handful of his men were captured by the Americans and spread a rumour that Skorzeny was leading a raid on Paris to kill or capture General Eisenhower. Although this was untrue, Eisenhower was confined to his headquarters for weeks and Skorzeny was labelled "the most dangerous man in Europe".

In Italy, the Decima Flottiglia MAS were responsible for the sinking and damage of considerable Allied tonnage in the Mediterranean. After the division of Italy in 1943, those fighting with Germany retained the original name and those fighting with the Allies retitled as the Mariassalto.

The Z Special Unit was an Australian Navy commando unit which bombed Japanese ships in Singapore Harbour

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See also


Divisions of ViE
Campaign: ViE#1 ViE#2 ViE#3 ViE#4 ViE#5 ViE#6 ViE#7 ViE#8 ViE#9 ViE#10 ViE#11ViE#12 ViE#13 ViE#14 ViE#15ViE#16
Axis Division: 1-GJ 2-KF 3-RB 4-FJ 5-PzJ AZUL KK-A KK-N BFC RONA DCA Ax90 4TCDTRDTRAx369.11.NordDCV
Allied Division: US1ID US2AD US3ID SAS A10MD US6AD 3.SA. 8.GA A28 A9 4AF PPCLI 8AAF3DSK2AIF617SqnRGRFSSF
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