SAS The Great Train Raid - The Most Daring SAS Mission of WWII | How To Academy

Thu, 13 November 2025

7:30 pm - 8:45 pm GMT

SAS The Great Train Raid – The Most Daring SAS Mission of WWII

Damien Lewis

Who dares wins! Join bestselling author and former war reporter Damien Lewis for a never-before-told story of SAS bravery, daring and determination in World War II which simply beggars belief.

For decades Damien Lewis was a leading war correspondent and filmmaker, winning multiple awards for his work in the world’s major conflict zones. But he is best known today for his multimillion selling, wildly loved histories of WWII – including The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which recently became a blockbuster Guy Richie movie, and other modern classics including SAS Great Escapes and SAS Brothers in Arms.

Now Damien joins us live in London to share a scintillating tale of the SAS at their very finest. So secret was this mission, the SAS seizure of a train to raid deep into enemy territory to liberate a concentration camp, that it wasn’t until 1968 – twenty-seven years after the formation of the SAS – that a short mention of it was made in the Rover and Wizard annual, under the headline ‘Who Dares Wins’. No further published record exists.

Damien has unearthed the full incredible story from long-hidden files and first hand-testimony. Don’t miss this thrilling account of a secret history from one of the greatest military storytellers of our time. There is no other mission like it from the Second World War.

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Damien Lewis

Author and Former War Reporter

Damien Lewis is a number one bestselling author whose books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. For decades he worked as a war and conflict reporter for the world’s major broadcasters, reporting from across Africa, South America, the Middle and Far East and winning numerous awards. His books include the World War Two classics The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, SAS Nazi Hunters, SAS Ghost Patrol, SAS Band of Brothers and SAS Forged in Hell. A dozen of his books have been made, or are being made, into movies or TV drama series and several have been adapted as plays for the stage. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare has recently been released as a Guy Ritchie movie of the same name. He has raised tens of thousands of pounds for charitable concerns connected with his writings.