Commando!: The M/Z Unit's Secret War Against Japan [Hardcover]

A. B. Feuer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 18, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0275954080 | ISBN-13: 978-0275954086

This little-known story of Australia's M/Z Unit commandos, and the part they played in the Southwest Pacific during World War II, is a fascinating account of daring, clandestine operations conducted by the Allies deep into enemy-held territory. M Unit personnel were secretly landed to set up coastwatching posts and radio stations to report on Japanese shipping movements and bombing flights heading to raid Allied positions. Members of the Z Unit carried out assigned raids into enemy controlled areas, and also attacked targets of opportunity. Many commandos were delivered on their missions by U.S. Navy submarines that sneaked into dangerously shallow waters to put the men ashore—and then returned to pick them up. Other operatives were inserted by PT boats, Catalina aircraft, parachute, and snake boats. Many of these operations are still classified.

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"A.B. Feuer's Commando! deserves to be added to all serious collections on the history of World War II in the Far East. It illuminates the cooperation between fearless Australian commandos and equally intrepid American submariners in a little-known war of stealth against the Japanese. Feuer's account of their sabotage, rescue, and intelligence sorties, and the folboats and limpet mines that were the instruments of their secret missions, reminds us that World War II played itself out in many strange ways. Thanks to the author's impressive research, we now know a great deal more about one of the strangest--the world of cyanide capsules and headhunters."-Barry F. Machado, Professor of History Washington & Lee University

Book Description

The little-known story of Australia's M/Z commandos, often ferried by U.S. submarines.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (April 18, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275954080
• ISBN-13: 978-0275954086
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,121,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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