Author: Shaun Clarke
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008155046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS recruit primitive natives to help them thwart an invading rebel force?
Headhunters of Borneo (SAS Operation)
Author: Shaun Clarke
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008155046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS recruit primitive natives to help them thwart an invading rebel force?
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008155046
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS recruit primitive natives to help them thwart an invading rebel force?
Soldier H: The Headhunters of Borneo
Author: Shaun Clarke
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408842246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
In 1963, the former British colony of Malaya was lobbying for the formation of a new political entity, the Federation of Malaysia, Singapore, Sabeh (North Borneo), Brunei and Sarawak. Viewing this as a threat to his dreams of expansion, President Sukarno of Indonesia began infiltrating insurgents into Borneo. In response, the British organised a force of Malay, British and Commonwealth troops to contain the rebels. What was most desperately needed, however, was a specialist group who could perform highly dangerous and arduous military tasks in the inhospitable, perilous terrain. The only men suitable for such operations were the legendary Special Air Service the SAS! Soldier H SAS: The Headhunters of Borneo is the story of one of the least-known, most extraordinary wars in British history. The SAS braved jungle and swamp infested with snakes, lizards, leeches, wild pigs and all kinds of poisonous insects to live with the primitive, headhunting natives in their longhouses by the rivers, winning their hearts and minds with medical aid and other assistance, then training them as paramilitaries who would eventually become known as the Border Scouts. While some of the SAS remained for months with the headhunters, other moved even deeper into the unexplored jungle 'the Gap' to establish ambush sites and helicopter landing zones. They also conducted daring 'Claret' raids across the border when, as the renowned 'Tiptoe Boys' who hit hard and vanished fast, they set booby traps and ambushed enemy troops moving along the many jungle tracks and rivers. They fought a bloody, nightmarish war and won it.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408842246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
In 1963, the former British colony of Malaya was lobbying for the formation of a new political entity, the Federation of Malaysia, Singapore, Sabeh (North Borneo), Brunei and Sarawak. Viewing this as a threat to his dreams of expansion, President Sukarno of Indonesia began infiltrating insurgents into Borneo. In response, the British organised a force of Malay, British and Commonwealth troops to contain the rebels. What was most desperately needed, however, was a specialist group who could perform highly dangerous and arduous military tasks in the inhospitable, perilous terrain. The only men suitable for such operations were the legendary Special Air Service the SAS! Soldier H SAS: The Headhunters of Borneo is the story of one of the least-known, most extraordinary wars in British history. The SAS braved jungle and swamp infested with snakes, lizards, leeches, wild pigs and all kinds of poisonous insects to live with the primitive, headhunting natives in their longhouses by the rivers, winning their hearts and minds with medical aid and other assistance, then training them as paramilitaries who would eventually become known as the Border Scouts. While some of the SAS remained for months with the headhunters, other moved even deeper into the unexplored jungle 'the Gap' to establish ambush sites and helicopter landing zones. They also conducted daring 'Claret' raids across the border when, as the renowned 'Tiptoe Boys' who hit hard and vanished fast, they set booby traps and ambushed enemy troops moving along the many jungle tracks and rivers. They fought a bloody, nightmarish war and won it.
Soldier H: SAS
Author: Shaun Clarke
Publisher: Little Brown and Company (UK)
ISBN: 9781898125099
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
A novel based upon the exploits of the SAS in Borneo in 1963. It describes how they fought Indonesian insurgents in the jungles and swamps of Borneo, with the help of the native headhunters. They also conducted raids across the border, setting booby traps and ambushing enemy troops.
Publisher: Little Brown and Company (UK)
ISBN: 9781898125099
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
A novel based upon the exploits of the SAS in Borneo in 1963. It describes how they fought Indonesian insurgents in the jungles and swamps of Borneo, with the help of the native headhunters. They also conducted raids across the border, setting booby traps and ambushing enemy troops.
'Z' Special Unit's Secret War
The Home-life of Borneo Head-hunters
Author: William Henry Furness
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The Head-hunters of Borneo
Author: Carl Bock
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789812617729
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789812617729
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Semut
Author: Christine Helliwell
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 014379003X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
March 1945. A handful of young Allied operatives are parachuted into the remote jungled heart of the Japanese-occupied island of Borneo, east of Singapore, there to recruit the island’s indigenous Dayak peoples to fight the Japanese. Yet most have barely encountered Asian or indigenous people before, speak next to no Borneo languages, and know little about Dayaks, other than that they have been – and may still be – headhunters. They fear that on arrival the Dayaks will kill them or hand them over to the Japanese. For their part, some Dayaks have never before seen a white face. So begins the story of Operation Semut, an Australian secret operation launched by the organisation codenamed Services Reconnaisance Department – popularly known as Z Special Unit – in the final months of WWII. Anthropologist Christine Helliwell has called on her years of first-hand knowledge of Borneo, interviewed more than one hundred Dayak people and all the remaining Semut operatives, and consulted thousands of military and other documents to piece together this astonishing story. Focusing on the operation's activities along two of Borneo’s great rivers – the Baram and Rejang – the book provides a detailed military history of Semut II’s and Semut III’s brutal guerrilla campaign against the Japanese, and reveals the decisive but long-overlooked Dayak role in the operation. But this is no ordinary history. Helliwell captures vividly the sounds, smells and tastes of the jungles into which the operatives are plunged, an environment so terrifying that many are unsure whether jungle or Japanese is the greater enemy. And she takes us into the lives and cavernous longhouses of the Dayaks on whom their survival depends. The result is a truly unique account of the encounter between two very different cultures amidst the savagery of the Pacific War.
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 014379003X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
March 1945. A handful of young Allied operatives are parachuted into the remote jungled heart of the Japanese-occupied island of Borneo, east of Singapore, there to recruit the island’s indigenous Dayak peoples to fight the Japanese. Yet most have barely encountered Asian or indigenous people before, speak next to no Borneo languages, and know little about Dayaks, other than that they have been – and may still be – headhunters. They fear that on arrival the Dayaks will kill them or hand them over to the Japanese. For their part, some Dayaks have never before seen a white face. So begins the story of Operation Semut, an Australian secret operation launched by the organisation codenamed Services Reconnaisance Department – popularly known as Z Special Unit – in the final months of WWII. Anthropologist Christine Helliwell has called on her years of first-hand knowledge of Borneo, interviewed more than one hundred Dayak people and all the remaining Semut operatives, and consulted thousands of military and other documents to piece together this astonishing story. Focusing on the operation's activities along two of Borneo’s great rivers – the Baram and Rejang – the book provides a detailed military history of Semut II’s and Semut III’s brutal guerrilla campaign against the Japanese, and reveals the decisive but long-overlooked Dayak role in the operation. But this is no ordinary history. Helliwell captures vividly the sounds, smells and tastes of the jungles into which the operatives are plunged, an environment so terrifying that many are unsure whether jungle or Japanese is the greater enemy. And she takes us into the lives and cavernous longhouses of the Dayaks on whom their survival depends. The result is a truly unique account of the encounter between two very different cultures amidst the savagery of the Pacific War.
Special Reconnaissance and Advanced Small Unit Patrolling
Author: Edward Wolcoff
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1526779102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
This comprehensive guide by a Special Ops combat veteran is the ultimate reference for military tactics, techniques, and procedures. Intended for military SpecialOps personnel, this volume presents invaluable operational guidance with lessons learned from the legendary Military Assistance Command Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG). Drawing on Special Reconnaissance operations conducted during the Vietnam Era, author Edward Wolcoff provides practical information alongside operational accounts and analyses of specific missions. Wolcoff covers the gamut of specialized SR topics ranging from operational planning and preparation, through execution, logistics and command and control – all in substantial tradecraft detail. Few of the tactics, techniques, and procedures or lessons-learned included in this book have been previously presented in a usable form for SpecOps personnel. This book is intended instruct the Special Operations units of today, and preserve this valuable tradecraft for future generations.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1526779102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
This comprehensive guide by a Special Ops combat veteran is the ultimate reference for military tactics, techniques, and procedures. Intended for military SpecialOps personnel, this volume presents invaluable operational guidance with lessons learned from the legendary Military Assistance Command Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG). Drawing on Special Reconnaissance operations conducted during the Vietnam Era, author Edward Wolcoff provides practical information alongside operational accounts and analyses of specific missions. Wolcoff covers the gamut of specialized SR topics ranging from operational planning and preparation, through execution, logistics and command and control – all in substantial tradecraft detail. Few of the tactics, techniques, and procedures or lessons-learned included in this book have been previously presented in a usable form for SpecOps personnel. This book is intended instruct the Special Operations units of today, and preserve this valuable tradecraft for future generations.
Traditional Weapons of Borneo. The Attire of the Head Hunters. Vol. 1: Shields and War Clothes
Author: Albert G. van Zonneveld
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789081927444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Translated from Dutch.0Contents:0Preface00Introduction00Geography00The inhabitants of the rainforest00The tradition of head-hunting00Shields00War costume00War caps / helmets00War jacket / war costume00Seat mats00Bibliography.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789081927444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Translated from Dutch.0Contents:0Preface00Introduction00Geography00The inhabitants of the rainforest00The tradition of head-hunting00Shields00War costume00War caps / helmets00War jacket / war costume00Seat mats00Bibliography.
SAS
Author: Peter Dickens
Publisher: London : Arms & Armour Press
ISBN:
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher: London : Arms & Armour Press
ISBN:
Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description