WHILE German tanks from the 16th Panzer Division massed around him, SAS Captain Bill “Skin” Fraser appeared the epitome of calm.
Artillery shells were crashing into the recently captured Italian port of Termoli as the squad’s second in command played Lili Marlene over and over on a gramophone.
BBCConnor Swindells in SAS Rogue Heros as Lieutenant Colonel David Stirling[/caption]The tune was a favourite marching song of his German adversaries in North Africa which the SAS had adopted as their own.