Null Mar 23, 2010 #109 Very good, shaker. Yes, yes he is. He also developed his own hand-to-hand fighting system.
Null Mar 23, 2010 #111 Sykes was never involved with the OSS, he was only with the SOE, I believe. And while he developed the shooting method they espoused in 'Shooting To Live', it was Fairbairn who developed 'Defendu' and the commando fighting in 'Get Tough'. Yes, it's Major William E. Fairbairn.
Sykes was never involved with the OSS, he was only with the SOE, I believe. And while he developed the shooting method they espoused in 'Shooting To Live', it was Fairbairn who developed 'Defendu' and the commando fighting in 'Get Tough'. Yes, it's Major William E. Fairbairn.
