Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

by Ben Macintyre

into the sea south of Syracuse on the island’s eastern side. The cape was a “veritable fortress,” according to intelligence reports, perched atop a steep rock cliff and equipped with searchlights, a range of heavy guns, and Italian defenders who would outnumber the assault team “by 50 to one.”