the unit now came under the command of patty mayne. hitler by this point passed something called the commander order. the commander order was a direct response to what the sas had doing and it effectively called for all captured sas personnel to be executed immediately and without trial. dozens, scores of sas murder 20 20 -- soldiers were to be murdered and in the final phase of the war the sas was vastly expanded. played a vital role in d-day parachuted behind the lines and really trying to prevent the south moving north to reinforce what the bridgehead. sas troops were among the first to enter bergen-belsen concentration camp a scene of unbelievable horror. there was an extraordinary moment and as you may remember i mentioned red seeking the one i'd boxer. he decided to take it into his own hands and decided to beat up an sas officer. he was stopped by his commanding officer. he said they must all be put on trial and there's an interesting moment is the sas executed every one of those ss soldiers but instead they decided they should