Description
Title: The Truth About Operation Rimau Kill The Tiger – An epic Australian war story of bravery and betrayal
Author: Thompson, Peter
Condition: Near Mint
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0733614485
Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 306 pages
Comments: The story of the twenty-three British and Australian members of Operation Rimau, an attempted raid on sixty ships in Japanese-controlled Singapore Harbour in 1944. A thrilling account of Australian commando (Z Force) operations against Japan.
The true account of Operation Rimau (Malay for ‘tiger’) – the mission to devastate Singapore Harbour by destroying 60 Japanese ships at anchor. British and Australian commandos were selected in the last few months of 1944 to use one-man submarines to infiltrate the harbour. Describes the success of the mission and names the men who betrayed the mission.
