Operation Jaywick was one of the most daring and celebrated special operations undertaken in World War II. Operation Jaywick: Amazon.sg: Books. Cundall, Peter (2018) "Operation Jaywick: A Reassessment of Results". Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. Currently part of the national Nautical Museum located in Darling Harbour. Keep in mind that the book was written in the 1960s and the TV miniseries in 1988, 7 years before the SRD/Z records were fully declassified. Petar Djokovic. Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. Upon its arrival, he renamed the vessel Krait, after the small but deadly Asian snake. On the night of 26 September 1943, they paddled into the harbour and placed limpet mines on several Japanese ships before returning to their hiding spot. It was a follow-up to the successful Operation Jaywick which had taken place in September 1943, and was again led by Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Lyon of the Gordon Highlanders, an infantry regiment of the … Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. June 30th 2010 "THE HEROES – OPERATION JAYWICK" Starring PAUL RHYS, JOHN BACH, JOHN HARGREAVES Co-starring BILL KERR, JASON DONOVAN, CAMERON DADDO Music composed by PETER BEST Screenplay by PETER YELDHAM based on the book by RONALD McKIE Executive Producers GRAHAM BENSON, VALERIE HARDY Produced by ANTHONY BUCKLEY Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. Australian/Harvard Citation. Operation Jaywick was assigned to Z Special Unit (also known as ‘Z Force’), a specialist reconnaissance and sabotage unit formed by British Special Operations Executive officers who had escaped the Fall of Singapore. Shop Operation Jaywick books at Alibris. The success of JAYWICK had emboldened the operation's Commanding Officer, Major Ivan Lyon, subsequently promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, into planning a larger scale attack in Singapore. Rimau, a heroic failure. [6][7] In the aftermath of the raid, the Allies never claimed responsibility for the attack on shipping, most likely because they wanted to preserve the secret of Krait for future similar missions. [9], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}1°17′14″N 103°51′55″E / 1.28722°N 103.86528°E / 1.28722; 103.86528, Australian Commando raids of the Second World War, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Remembering Operation Jaywick: Singapore's Asymmetric Warfare", "Operation Jaywick: A Reassessment of Results", "The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 - Operations Part 5 page 2-10", Peter Dunn, 2005, "'Z' Special Unit in Australia During WW2" (ozatwar.com), Interview with Horrie Young in the Australians At War Film Archive, Operation Jaywick, Australian War Memorial, British Commando raids of the Second World War, List of Commando raids on the Atlantic Wall, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Jaywick&oldid=999039558, Military operations of World War II involving Australia, Military history of Malaya during World War II, Articles lacking in-text citations from August 2011, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Leading Telegraphist Horace Stewart Young. To see what your friends thought of this book, This profile was created to segregate those items which have ISBNs or ASINs but are not considered part of our catalog.