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  • Опубликовано: 30 апр 2020
  • SAS veteran Corporal Robin Horsfall on the preparation, planning and storming of the Iranian Embassy in 1980. Interviewed in 2017.
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  • @dnorfed
    @dnorfed 2 года назад +28

    Imagine having that as a story to tell your grandkids if they asked, “ what did you do grandad”. Impressive or what

  • @guitarlover302
    @guitarlover302 2 года назад +11

    These guys all seem calm and collected and above all modest - no bullshit

  • @mikefellows3901
    @mikefellows3901 4 года назад +32

    There's not too much these days to make you say... 'I'm proud to be British !!!' This was though !!! Every time I see or hear of that time in May of 1980 I think of the guys who carried this operation out. Saved many lives and showed the world that terrorism has more than its match in this regiment !!! Amazing stuff and god bless every one of you guys past and present !!!

  • @Bewareofthedog69
    @Bewareofthedog69 2 года назад +14

    The SAS are the Bench mark for Special Forces around the World.

  • @SeaMonkey137
    @SeaMonkey137 4 года назад +31

    I was in several classes in the US Navy where the instructors went on and on about how well the SAS carried out that mission. There was an old movie called the Final Option (Who Dares Wins in the UK) loosely based on that raid that they recommended we look up and watch. It's one of my favorite movies to this day.

    • @AnglOsAxOn2
      @AnglOsAxOn2 3 года назад +4

      Hello from the UK

    • @fitnessisgood4u
      @fitnessisgood4u 3 года назад +5

      That film ended up being a bit of a cult classic. I remember as a kid watching the break-in live on TV. In school it was all we could talk about for weeks. It was a brilliant operation, and such an inspiration to so many.

    • @shaundavenport621
      @shaundavenport621 3 года назад +3

      Nice to hear from you mate.😄👍👍

    • @MichaelKingsfordGray
      @MichaelKingsfordGray 2 года назад

      Coward.

    • @davecoalwood9487
      @davecoalwood9487 Год назад +2

      Loved that film- the late great Lewis Collins.... New work Mate and ex Para has recommended 6 Days (from 2017) film bases on The 1980 Seige. I'm going to watch This afternoon. Its got Mark Strong in it so should be good. Say what You want- Maggie was My PM as a kid and I would give My right Arm..(..OK left hand, I'm divorcesd after all!!😂😂 ) for a UK PM like Her now.

  • @akumar7366
    @akumar7366 2 года назад +9

    This gentleman looks the part even all these years latter .

  • @andrewlavey6992
    @andrewlavey6992 4 года назад +18

    Well done, Robin & co. A difficult operation executed with the skills the SAS have worked hard to get.

  • @mr.k2921
    @mr.k2921 3 года назад +15

    He never mentioned running down the corridor with Lewis Collins though.. Jokes aside, that action is still talked about 40 years later. The SAS really set the benchmark where winning is concerned.

  • @edwardmorley5273
    @edwardmorley5273 4 года назад +27

    A very interesting man, after all these years.. It's still burnt into him. Fascinating account.

    • @marhoona
      @marhoona 2 года назад

      He is talking shit. He wasn’t part of the raiding squad.

    • @edwardmorley5273
      @edwardmorley5273 2 года назад

      @@marhoona I met him 11 years ago and he told me of his part in the siege, it is well documented also.. I think not.

  • @heatpump8566
    @heatpump8566 4 года назад +15

    Legends each and all. Great stuff

  • @nathanclifford7643
    @nathanclifford7643 4 года назад +9

    Thanks man for your service

  • @afroliciouspresents3603
    @afroliciouspresents3603 2 года назад +13

    Job done, in three minutes. Terrorists dead, one captured. 19 hostages and all SAS, alive. All in a five storey building, on fire.
    That is beyond amazing.

  • @stephenaitken1560
    @stephenaitken1560 3 года назад +6

    Complete legend. Who Dares Wins

  • @Britabroad877
    @Britabroad877 Месяц назад +1

    One of the SAS officers on this job was due to have lunch at my house on the day that the hostage was killed. He quickly left us and gave a telephone number so we could check up on him later. The phone was never answered. The next day we found out why - Prime Minister Thatcher was treating the soldiers to a "wee dram" or two at No. 10 as a thank you.

  • @BellogsTheChicken
    @BellogsTheChicken 4 года назад +4

    An outstanding job all good men.

  • @andrewking5274
    @andrewking5274 3 года назад +4

    Finest reg in the world 🇬🇧

  • @furnisskevin
    @furnisskevin 3 года назад +3

    i love the phrase 'deliberate action'.

  • @claudegreengrass9174
    @claudegreengrass9174 3 года назад +4

    What a fantastic fella

  • @turbogigwoof2321
    @turbogigwoof2321 4 года назад +9

    Sean Connery,s voice is so different in real life. 💖 22nd

  • @bobbydazzler1780
    @bobbydazzler1780 4 года назад +16

    There’s always talk of two of the terrorists surrendering and being executed, but they had already began to shoot hostages, one died one miraculously lived with six bullets in him, so by the time the SAS got to them there was only going to be one result, shoot first ask questions later, hands in the air or not. Bravo to these heroic soldiers, just a shame all the terrorists didn’t end up full of holes on the ground. The documentary on this siege is the finest of its type ever made.

    • @varengowda751
      @varengowda751 4 года назад +2

      Because of the Geneva Convention, the SAS were originally not allowed to ‘shoot first, ask questions later’. But the terrorists killed one of the hostages, so the Geneva Convention went out the window.

    • @mrrblxoof3192
      @mrrblxoof3192 4 года назад +3

      varen gowda Their deployment was spearheaded because of that dead hostage and I’m pretty sure the Geneva convention left the window the moment SAS was allowed to deploy

    • @SwitchTF2
      @SwitchTF2 3 года назад +2

      @@varengowda751 Geneva convention? Are you American or just wilfully stupid? This was a mainland action by British Army, it doesn't fall under international law. The City and Metropolitan police would be responsible for inquiries into the deaths.

    • @varengowda751
      @varengowda751 3 года назад

      @@SwitchTF2 What I’m about to say next is off the internet so not personal knowledge and I acknowledge that you make a fair point. While it is true that maybe the Geneva Convention wasn’t applicable here, the Geneva Convention *Act* certainly was. Made in 1957, it is apparently just a copy paste of the Geneva convention for British legislature. And yes I’m British

    • @afroliciouspresents3603
      @afroliciouspresents3603 2 года назад

      @Luke Webber Also, they weren't soldiers, but terrorists, armed with grenades.
      Does the Geneva Convention make provision for terrorists? I don't think so.
      The terrorists sewed the wind. They reaped the SAS whirlwind.

  • @a120068020
    @a120068020 2 года назад +6

    Say what you want about Margaret Thatcher - you didn't mess with her - she made sure these guys got to go in and sort this out. Same with the Falklands, she was not going to be pushed around.

  • @mikemoore7516
    @mikemoore7516 3 года назад +7

    Respect to these guys, we sleep 💤 at 🌃 night safely, SAS are the best

    • @bobsmith3291
      @bobsmith3291 3 года назад

      I don’t sleep safely because of the sas like bit far that lol

  • @joeazzopard8472
    @joeazzopard8472 4 года назад +6

    Thank god they are on our side

    • @andrewcharley1893
      @andrewcharley1893 4 года назад +3

      Joe, you couldn’t have said it better!!!!!
      Imagine if they weren’t!!!😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😂.
      Have a blessed day.

    • @joeazzopard8472
      @joeazzopard8472 4 года назад +2

      @@andrewcharley1893 and you Andrew be safe 👍

    • @davidh6300
      @davidh6300 4 года назад +3

      Yes! Great friends but terrible enemies.

    • @joeazzopard8472
      @joeazzopard8472 4 года назад +1

      @@davidh6300 i no mate

  • @alanwitton5039
    @alanwitton5039 3 года назад +3

    Respect

  • @colinstewart1432
    @colinstewart1432 Год назад +1

    Read this guy's book Fighting Scared. He's realistic about the SAS.

  • @rudrashakti108
    @rudrashakti108 Год назад +1

    So what ever happened to that one guy who accidentally broke a window with his foot, causing the team to have to rush prematurely?

  • @felix1974
    @felix1974 11 месяцев назад +2

    Was a very professional action but was in truth, 6 pretty shabbily trained terrorists against 40 of some of best Special Forces in the world. There was really only ever going to be one outcome.

  • @StefanRLion
    @StefanRLion 3 года назад

    please look at Robins stream with Richard Innman 2nd june 2021 Thanks.

  • @rangerwhite7091
    @rangerwhite7091 4 года назад +4

    Legends.

  • @VaucluseVanguard
    @VaucluseVanguard 3 года назад +10

    F**K that was lucky; you avoided a trip to Scotland.

    • @YARROWS9
      @YARROWS9 2 года назад

      Something wrong with Scotland?

    • @martinraxyz
      @martinraxyz 2 года назад

      😝😝😝

    • @shaundavenport621
      @shaundavenport621 2 года назад

      Yes😆dealing with the Barbarians would have tested even the SAS!🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍

    • @Nathan-jt8zt
      @Nathan-jt8zt 2 года назад

      @@YARROWS9 is there anything right with it?

    • @YARROWS9
      @YARROWS9 4 месяца назад

      ​@@Nathan-jt8zt It founded the SAS. You Bawbag.

  • @harryramsden4734
    @harryramsden4734 3 года назад

    During the Beltane Stones - Paint it black. Marc Bolan - Start Line 0-0 Brian Jones - Stones front man "tell aunt Mary , 'bout uncle John " - Predator movie '87 Mac. CLEAR.

  • @PAULKELLY2012
    @PAULKELLY2012 4 года назад +6

    Thankyou for your service has anyone ever told you that you look like Sean Connery?

  • @themccarthyplan2020
    @themccarthyplan2020 4 года назад +2

    Good skills. Carry on.

  • @nicholasdavies6264
    @nicholasdavies6264 Год назад +3

    When the SAS go in you’re TOAST! 👍

  • @TheOutdoorlife78
    @TheOutdoorlife78 4 года назад +3

    Top boys 👍👍👍

  • @swatdoc12498
    @swatdoc12498 2 года назад +1

    Hero…

  • @MarkyMark1668
    @MarkyMark1668 Год назад +1

    ❤SAS

  • @formhubfar
    @formhubfar 3 года назад +1

    I believe my father was part of that, Andrew P from Dorset?

    • @peterarmstrong6730
      @peterarmstrong6730 3 года назад

      Are you Ians cousin bud?. If so I remember seeing you at a couple of funerals with your Dad. Is your Dad, DP?.

    • @formhubfar
      @formhubfar 3 года назад +1

      @@peterarmstrong6730 Andrew P mate, he was from Dorset and got the nickname Dorse.

    • @peterarmstrong6730
      @peterarmstrong6730 3 года назад +2

      @@formhubfar oh OK bud. I thought you might have been DPs lad. DP was originally from the North West . DP was definitely one of the lads who went in. I can't mention his name because his family are very private and would not appreciate it. If you read Andy Mcs book he mentioned DP by first name only. I cannot remember which book it was, it could have been Bravo two zero, but I can't swear to it. Take care mate.

    • @peterarmstrong6730
      @peterarmstrong6730 3 года назад +2

      @@formhubfar you say, "was", I take it he has passed away now, if so I'm sorry for your loss bud.

    • @peterarmstrong6730
      @peterarmstrong6730 3 года назад

      @@formhubfar sorry, i didn't realise you were saying his name was Andy also. Have a good day sir. 👍

  • @craigbaldwin3339
    @craigbaldwin3339 Год назад

    Is John mcaleese an act or something? Also Elizabeth Regina is fit if Claire foy is her kin or something

  • @johnbarton3252
    @johnbarton3252 Год назад

    Fed up with people saying they watched this live on TV it never ever ever was shown live on tv

    • @mikeabbott827
      @mikeabbott827 Год назад +4

      No and it really interrupted a good snooker match!

    • @johnbarton3252
      @johnbarton3252 Год назад

      @@mikeabbott827 The news report interrupted the football match with recorded coverage from earlier that evening, it was NEVER EVER broadcast live, stop lying, the SAS and the British government would never allow a live operation to be broadcast, just imagine the terrorists watching on the TV and knowing the SAS are coming, its laughable to think about

  • @terminal-velocity111
    @terminal-velocity111 Год назад +1

    Tap Tap, the job was done.

  • @bobwinner8936
    @bobwinner8936 2 года назад

    You could set ya watch to that moustache.

  • @daveuk2560
    @daveuk2560 3 года назад +2

    And after back in time for ice cream :)

    • @shaundavenport621
      @shaundavenport621 3 года назад

      ....and a brew!😁

    • @williebauld1007
      @williebauld1007 3 года назад +1

      To watch the end of the snooker world championships! True story lol

  • @lilymarie847
    @lilymarie847 4 года назад

    ⭐🌹💐🌺

  • @rakjy5628
    @rakjy5628 2 года назад +1

    Those were amateurs and got more than what they came for. Struggle in Arab Iran (south west) got ignited because of it. I don't necessarily see it as total SAS domination but as tactical victory and the freedom fighters got strategic victory as a result of it.

  • @craigbaldwin3339
    @craigbaldwin3339 Год назад

    Bullshit all bullshit