David "Jack" Sillito was a British SAS trooper who fought in North Africa during World War II. When his unit was ambushed during a mission to bomb a German train in 1942, Sillito found himself left behind.
In order to evade capture, he decided to walk 140 miles into the Sahara desert with only a map, a compass, no food, no water.
He survived the first two days on a tiny bit of water he found in a dead man's canteen on an old battlefield, and on day three he found a blown-up tank that had a can of beef still inside. He kept the can so he could use it to drink his own urine.
On day six, he saw three jeeps off in the distance, but couldn't call out to them because his voice was gone, and they didn't see him, so they kept on driving.
At this point, Sillito gave up. He lay down and picked up a rock and tried to smash his own head in with it. He said later, "I found I hadn't even the strength to commit suicide. I couldn't even give myself a headache." He then tried to bury himself in sand and die, but collapsed and fell asleep instead.
When he woke up, still alive, much to his dismay, he started walking again and by sheer miracle it began to rain.
Sillito drank until he couldn't drink anymore and then fell asleep, waking up to the sounds of British troops sent out to rescue him.
He had survived eight days in the Sahara with no food and hardly any water. He fully recovered and was back in combat in less than a month. #hardfuck #ww2 #sas #uk #stayzero #zerofoxtrot