Amazing what suprise and boldness can do !
“Who Dares Wins” indeed.....
.....some of the time.
In the absence of sufficient intel, many missions (half?) ended in failure, if they were lucky the SAS guys on the scene could call it off as hopeless and slip away undetected, if they weren’t that lucky the cruel mathematics that applied was if a raiding party was lost, the small number of men and equipment involved made those losses affordable.
Even during the spectacularly successful raids, the injured and wounded often had to be left behind to face the mercies of the elements and/or the enemy. After October of ‘42 and Hitler’s infamous Commando Order, capture even in uniform behind German lines meant execution, often after hard interrogation and torture.
