COMMANDO! The M/Z Unit's Secret War Against Japan

Feuer, A. B.

ISBN 10: 0275954080 / ISBN 13: 9780275954086

Published by Praeger, 1996, 1996

About this Item

First edition, first printing hardback. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE. Fine condition, no jacket as issued. Unread, as new. A gorgeous copy.

Seller Inventory # 19802

Bibliographic Details

• Title: COMMANDO! The M/Z Unit's Secret War Against Japan
• Publisher: Praeger, 1996
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275954080
• ISBN 13: 9780275954086
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • World War Two

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

A. B. FEUER is a military historian and freelance newspaper and magazine journalist./e