Kill The Tiger: Operation Rimau And The Battle For Southeast Asia
Author: Peter Thompson
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: $39.99 NZD
: 9781905379392
: Maverick House
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: 08 June 2007
: Ireland
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: Peter Thompson
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: Paperback
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: Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War; Military history; Battles & campaigns; World history: Second World War
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9781905379392
Description
In the last months of 1944 a group of top British and Australian commandos were selected for the biggest covert operation of the Pacific War. Operation Rimau (Malay for 'Tiger') was an ambitious plan to penetrate Singapore Harbour in top secret one-man submarines called 'Sleeping Beauties' and launch an attack on 60 Japanese ships at anchor. Led by veteran Colonel Ivan Lyon, Operation Rimau was designed as a body blow to the Japanese. But as the commandos entered Japanese-occupied waters near Singapore, things went horribly wrong. Due to bureaucratic fumbling and incompetence, the submarine detailed to pick up the men did not arrive. All of the brave men were captured and eventually executed by the Japanese. Kill The Tiger reveals for the first time what really happened to the Rimau commandos, detailing their betrayal and their brave last stand.
