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Britain's Secret War : The Indonesian Confrontation 1962-66

Fowler, WillLyles, Kevin(Illustrated by)
Part of the Men-at-arms series
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The 'Confrontation' between Malaysia and Indonesia in Bornew (January 20, 2006), the war against Indonesian raids across a 900-mile border in some of the world's worst jungle terrain, eventually involved nearly 20,000 British and Commonwealth troops, with air and naval support; and yet, by mutual consent, it was astonishingly little reported at the time.

This 'secret war' saw the perfection of SAS jungle tactics; a Parachute Regiment action described as 'a second Rorke's Drift'; and audacious secret missions deep inside enemy territory, including the award to a Gurkha soldier of the British Army's only 'living VC' for 40 years.

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Osprey Publishing
184603048X / 9781846030482
Paperback / softback
10/07/2006
United Kingdom
English
48 p. : ill. (some col.)
25 cm
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