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EPISODE · Oct 20, 2024 · 14 MIN

143: The "Kilted Killer"

from The History Chap Podcast · host Chris Green

Send me a messageTommy Macpherson, the "Kilted Killer",  was a British World War 2 commando.Parachuted into France, he worked with the resistance blowing up bridges, taking on an elite panzer regiment and convincing an German army of 23,000 to surrender.Once, having sabotaged a German fuel dump he cooly sat at a nearby cafe in full Highland uniform including kilt, drinking a glass of wine.He caused so much havoc that the Germans placed a 300,000 Franc bounty on his head. But, even that couldn’t stop the man they called the “kilted killer.”Become A SupporterTommy's autobiography - "Behind Enemy Lines'Support the show

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