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Last survivor of SAS squad that fought the Nazis relives his time in the desert

Mike Sadler was one of the original SAS rogues who fought Nazis behind enemy lines, outnumbered and outgunned, he once escaped capture from German troops and trekked 100-miles across the desert to safety

From the storming of the Iranian embassy to daring raids behind enemy lines in the Gulf War, the SAS has become the stuff of legend.

The Special Air Service – motto, Who Dares Wins – was founded in 1941 in the midst of the Second World War to undertake small-scale raids behind enemy lines.

A BBC drama series, SAS Rogue Heroes, by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, starts tomorrow, charting the creation of the SAS.

Mike Sadler, 101, is the last surviving member of the original SAS and today tells the Mirror what it was like to fight in the desert with the unit, which was the idea of Scottish aristocrat and mountaineer David Stirling.

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