Was wondering.. wasnt the British commandos in ww2 quite useless? and not THAT effective? so thats why the SAS was invented?

The SAS were born in the Deserts of North Africa and were designed for airborne raids. The Commandos were a ship based soldier that raided around the coast of occupied Europe

and...?

And what, Mighty? What would you likes to know about SAS in World War 2 or what?

no, about the commandos mostly I want a deeper explanation hehe

Well young Master Macbeth, try going into google and calling up their history as it will save a hell of a lot of typing.

Here is a potted history of WW2
http://www.btinternet.com/~keith.oak...ndo/rnhist.htm

http://www.regiments.org/regiments/u...r/commando.htm

Well thank you lots sir Le Enfield

Master Macbeth? thats magnificent!

well, until we meet

The SAS is the direct offshoot of the SBS or the special boat service and the LONG RANGE DESRT GROUP which was so highly successful in carrying out commando missions deep inside the German lines in North African Campaign.Infact the British commandos had a whole lot more success than their German counter parts.The only spectacular German Commando mission was the rescue of Mussolini.The British commandos were also succesful in spreading disinformation campaigns amongst the Germans , the classic example being of two commando officers who were given the task of feeding false information regarding the D-day landings including the correct timings and likeky landing zones.For this they had to simulate
being washed up from a hit submarine while carrying on clandestine mission and ultimately were interned in a fortress command under Field Marshal Rommel.They were given soldierly treatment by Rommel and had managed to feed the disinformation.The success of the British commandos was a thorn in Hitlers plans and as such he had ordered the formation of the German commandos.The German commandos were under a lot of pressure to do something sensational and as such they carried out the spectacular coup of flying out with Mussolini.The formation of the SAS was just to streamline the commando outfits for better training and co-ordinated operations.

The SAS was an of shoot of the LRDG which came out of unit known as Popski's Private Army, who where the first desert raiders in North Africa during WW2. A number of people got just a wee bit jealous of Popski's publicity and wanted on the band waggon, Davis Sterling the founder of the SAS was one of them. All the gear and many of the men all came from the original unit that Stirling took over.

so it was David Sterling that created the SAS. Well thats what I keep reading over and over again..