Mike Sadler is one of a handful of surviving original SAS men. Major Sadler, 93, was the navigator for the regiment’s founder David Stirling, guiding raiding columns for hundreds of miles behind enemy lines in North Africa.;Twitter Instagram Facebook Dan Snow;Producer: Dan Morelle;Part 1 of Dan Snow's new 3-part series, Operation Gold Rush is available to stream on iPlayer now and continues this Sunday on BBC Two at 9pm.
Dan sits down with renowned World War Two historian James Holland to discuss the forgotten, yet critically-important logistical and operational history of World War Two.
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is a broadcaster and Head of Faculty and Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at New College of the Humanities.
Rebecca Rideal is an author, editor of History Vault, and a PhD candidate. Here she discusses the Great Fire of London, the subject of her book '1666: Plague, War and Hellfire'.