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TIL of Anders Lassen a maverick Danish member of the British Special Forces in WW2. He once filed a 5 word battle report “Landed. Killed Germans. Fucked off”. He also drove a stolen jeep through the hotel he was staying at, into the elevator, and parked in his room. He was awarded the Victoria Cross

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