Talk:Special Night Squads

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This article is worthless, and completely inaccurate, much as is the material it is based on. It was written according to biased secondary sources which failed to bother to even consult the copius documents that pertain to Wingate's assignment to the Mandate. Works that should have been consulted include Avraham Akavia's Orde Wingate: Chayav O'Foalo, Christopher Sykes' Official Biography of Wingate (flawed as it may be in some regards), Bierman and Smith's Fire in the Night, Trevor Royle's Irregular Soldier, Robert St. John's They Came From Everywhere, and Michael Oren's excellent articles refuting the garbage embodied in the article herein. Not to mention Rex King Clark's memoir Free For a Blast, or his reports on SNS activities, while he was temprorary OIC. Any reading of this tripe leads to the inevitable conclusion that it was either written by someone with a serious grudge against Wingate and the SNS, or one with no actual knowledge thereof.

Furthermore, had this article even a pretense at scholarship, it would have noted that even Wing Commander Ritchie and Lt. General Haining, who made the determination that Wingate be reassigned, both commended his ability, and in fact noted in their official reports (and private handwritten notes) that his ability was unquestioned, and that he would surely find fame in some other arena, that would be of more use to Britain. Montgomery, moreover, was aping a sentiment made by officers at India GHQ, to whom Mountbatten turned in fury at that display of unprofressional hatred for a fallen fellow soldier-at-arms. Van Creveld, presumably, knew little more about his sources than the questions he asked.