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Z Special Unit

- The Elite Allied World War II Guerrilla Force
Af: Gavin Mortimer Engelsk Hardback

Z Special Unit

- The Elite Allied World War II Guerrilla Force
Af: Gavin Mortimer Engelsk Hardback
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Leading expert Gavin Mortimer tells the remarkable origin story of a wartime special forces unit that defied the odds.

Z Special Unit, one of the most intrepid but arguably the most unsung of Allied Special Forces of the Second World War waged a guerrilla war against Japan for two years in the south-west Pacific. On some of their 81 operations Z Special Unit slipped into enemy harbours in canoes and silently mined ships before vanishing into the night; on others they parachuted into the dense Borneo jungle to fight with headhunters against the Japanese and on one occasion they landed on an Indonesian island and smuggled out the pro-Allied sultan from under Japanese noses.

The Japanese weren''t the only adversary that Z Special Unit encountered in the brutal terrain of the Pacific. In the mango swamps of Borneo and the dense jungle of Papua New Guinea they were faced with venomous snakes, man-eating crocodiles and deadly diseases. But it was the enemy soldiers who proved the most ruthless foe, beheading those Z Special Unit commandos who fell into their hands.

Drawing on veteran interviews as well as operational reports and recently declassified SOE files, Gavin Mortimer explores the incredible history of this remarkable special forces unit and the band of commandoes that defied the odds.

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Leading expert Gavin Mortimer tells the remarkable origin story of a wartime special forces unit that defied the odds.

Z Special Unit, one of the most intrepid but arguably the most unsung of Allied Special Forces of the Second World War waged a guerrilla war against Japan for two years in the south-west Pacific. On some of their 81 operations Z Special Unit slipped into enemy harbours in canoes and silently mined ships before vanishing into the night; on others they parachuted into the dense Borneo jungle to fight with headhunters against the Japanese and on one occasion they landed on an Indonesian island and smuggled out the pro-Allied sultan from under Japanese noses.

The Japanese weren''t the only adversary that Z Special Unit encountered in the brutal terrain of the Pacific. In the mango swamps of Borneo and the dense jungle of Papua New Guinea they were faced with venomous snakes, man-eating crocodiles and deadly diseases. But it was the enemy soldiers who proved the most ruthless foe, beheading those Z Special Unit commandos who fell into their hands.

Drawing on veteran interviews as well as operational reports and recently declassified SOE files, Gavin Mortimer explores the incredible history of this remarkable special forces unit and the band of commandoes that defied the odds.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781472847096
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1472847091
Kategori: 1940 til 1949
Udg. Dato: 14 apr 2022
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 249mm
Højde: 200mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 14 apr 2022
Forfatter(e): Gavin Mortimer
Forfatter(e) Gavin Mortimer

Kategori 1940 til 1949

ISBN-13 9781472847096

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 240

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 249mm

Højde 200mm

Udg. Dato 14 apr 2022

Oplagsdato 14 apr 2022

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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