Popski's Private Army
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Popski's Private Army, officially No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA, was a unit of British Special Forces set up in Cairo in October 1942 by Major Vladimir Peniakoff who was a Belgian Jewish officer of R
Vladimir "Popski" Peniakoff
Vladimir Peniakoff with his jeep during the raid on Barce.
British troops in Italy, 1945.
Christopher Lee
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Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning over 60 years, he became known as an actor with tremendous screen presence and a deep and commanding voice, wh
Popski's Private Army
…was the last and smallest of the three main irregular raiding, reconnaissance, and intelligence units formed during the North African Campaign. Actor Christopher Lee, who served as an RAF intelligence officer during the Second World War was attached as liaison officer to this unit. When the Second World War broke…
Lee as the title character in Dracula (1958). He fixed the image of the fanged vampire in popular culture.
Lee and his close friend Peter Cushing in Horror Express (1972). They starred in twenty-two films together.
Lee at Festival des Passions in Aubagne, France, in September 1996
Lee at Forbidden Planet, New Oxford Street, London, signing The Two Towers