Death of a Danish hero

8th April 1945: Anders Lassen, fearless 'killing machine', dies leading a Special Boat Service raid in Italy

Anders Lassen V.C. (1920-1945), “quite ruthless, a potential berserker”.

On the night of 8th-9th April 1945 eighteen men from the Special Boat Service set out across Lake Comacchio to attack heavily defended German positions. The assault was led by a Danish national, 24 year old Major Anders Lassen, already a legend within the British Special Forces, th…