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Kill the Tiger

Kill the Tiger

The truth about Operation Rimau

by Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin
Paperback
Publication Date: 31/03/2015

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In the last months of 1944, a group of elite Australian and British commandos was selected for the biggest Allied behind-the-scenes operation of the Pacific War.

Their mission: to devastate the enemy's shipping by destroying the Japanese ships at anchor in Singapore Harbour. Operation Rimau, Britain's last throw of the colonial dice in South-East Asia, was intended as a body blow to the Japanese and a signal to the world that she would reclaim her Eastern Empire. Britain was trying to reclaim past glory - while Australia's wartime prime minister, John Curtin, had turned to America. In this atmosphere, Operation Rimau was planned ...

Operation Rimau takes us inside the fierce conflict, and tells what really happened to these brave commandos - from the very beginnings of the operation through to their intense and courageous fighting in the South China Seas, and its aftermath. It exposes the sloppy planning behind the raid, and names the officers who betrayed and abandoned them in their hour of need, and details the political double-dealing which for so many years hid the real story behind red tape and bureaucratic lies.

Previously published as Kill the Tiger, new material has been added to this edition of Operation Rimau.

ISBN:
9780733633461
9780733633461
Category:
Second World War
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
31-03-2015
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
232x154x26mm
Weight:
0.48kg
Robert Macklin

Robert Macklin was born in Queensland and educated at University of Queensland and the Australian National University. He has worked as a journalist at the Courier-Mail, The Age and The Bulletin, and was associate editor of the Canberra Times until 2003.

He is the author of 27 books, including Dark Paradise, Hamilton Hume and four works focusing on the SAS and Australia's Special Forces: SAS Sniper, Redback One, SAS Insiderand Warrior Elite. He lives in Canberra.

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