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William Wallace is one of the most famous freedom fighters in history. Over 700 years after his death he is still remembered as Scotland's beloved hero. But while the movie Braveheart helped make him a household name, and he is commemorated across Scotland as a natural leader and a loyal son of his homeland, he is also "the most mysterious of the leaders of the Scottish resistance to Edward I".

SAS Behind the Lines: Operations Hardy & Wallace, tells the untold story of two of the most audacious and successful Special Air Service raids of the Second World War. Summer, 1944. In the chaotic weeks after D-Day, a handful of men from Britain’s 2nd Special Air Service plunged deep into Nazi-occupied France. Their mission: cripple German supply lines, sow confusion, and keep the enemy on the run.