The legendary Fairbairn and Sykes

Staff at the SOE training school in Scotland called William Fairbairn and Eric (Bill) Sykes the ‘Angelic twins’ and some students called Fairbairn the ‘Shanghai Basher’ or ‘Dangerous Dan’. The fighting system they developed was sometimes referred to as gutter fighting because there were no rules or so-called gentlemanly conduct.

I recently found this brief documentary on the internet.

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Author: Alan Malcher

Military historian and defence commentator

2 thoughts on “The legendary Fairbairn and Sykes”

  1. Great post. The SOE Training school in Scotland has to be Spean Bridge? where my father trained with others on Operation Anthropoid. Keep going Alan and keep reminding us all…especially at this time with whats happening in Ukraine. Best regards…NickSent from my Galaxy

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