AUSTRALIAN MILITARY World War II –
An epic Australian war story of bravery and betrayal.
In 1943 Captain Ivan Lyon of the Gordon Highlanders and Bill Reynolds an Australian civilian, devised a dangerous plan for a raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour using a team of commandos with canoes and limpet mines. This is the story of Operation Rimau, from its early beginnings to its tragic conclusion.
- xiii, 306 p, [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- Bibliography: p. 288-296.
- #050425
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