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SAS Hijacked A Fascist Train To Liberate A Concentration Camp

Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit

May 28, 202648:32Society & Culture

Today, we uncover a forgotten SAS mission straight out of a war thriller: an elite unit jumps the chain of command and hijacks a 'pirate train', turning it into a weapon against fascist Italy. Their goal? To launch a sur...

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SAS Hijacked A Fascist Train To Liberate A Concentration Camp is an episode from Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit. Today, we uncover a forgotten SAS mission straight out of a war thriller: an elite unit jumps the chain of command and h...

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Published May 28, 2026, 48:32 long, audio available.

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