Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, one of the most decorated and unbreakable soldiers in British history, fought in the Boer War, WWI, and WWII. Despite losing an eye and a hand, he led men through hell with unshakable humor and courage. Captured, wounded, and nearly blown apart, he kept going earning the Victoria Cross and the legend of a man who refused to die. #TheWarRoom #WWI #WWII #VictoriaCross #UnbreakableSoldier | The War Room

After his harrowing service in World War I, Carton de Wiart continued a life of extraordinary service. In 1940, he commanded British forces in Norway. The following year, while en route to a diplomatic mission, his plane crashed into the sea. He survived, swam to shore in Italy, and was taken prisoner. At the age of 61, he was a senior inmate at the Villa Orsini prisoner-of-war camp. Undeterred, he helped organize and took part in a tunnel-digging escape effort that lasted seven months, though t

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