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Author Thompson, Peter (Peter A.)

Title Kill the tiger : the truth about Operation Rimau / Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin
Published Sydney : Hodder, 2002

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 W'PONDS  940.545994 Tho/Ktt  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Summary In 1943 Captain Ivan Lyon of the Gordon Highlanders and Bill Reynolds an Australian civilian, devised a dangerous plan for a raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour using a team of commandos with canoes and limpet mines. This is the story of Operation Rimau, from its early beginnings to its tragic conclusion
Analysis World War II (Australia ,Pacific Ocean)
World War 2
Military operations
Singapore
Great Britain
Operation Rimau
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 288-296
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Australian
World War, 1939-1945 -- Malay Peninsula -- Naval operations.
Author Macklin, Robert.
ISBN 0733614485 :