The Official History of Special Operations Australia, Volume 2 - Operations: From the files of "Z" Special Unit

By C A Brown

Popularly known today as Z Special Unit, or by the wartime cover names of Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD), Special Operations Australia (SOA) was the Special Operations component of the US-led Allied Intelligence Bureau in the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War. From the secret files of Z Special Unit, and the second in a set of five volumes, Volume 2 - Operations describes almost two hundred separate "Z" Operations. Through the examination of this volume, the strategic role of the Special Operations - Australia organisation becomes apparent. Students of history will easily identify the ebb and flow of the Allied campaigns in the Pacific Theatre, with many of the operations of SOA being precursors to larger Allied offensives. Several serious blunders by SRD headquarters are also identified, one of which in particular had the capacity to compromise one of the greatest secrets of the Second World War and could have cost thousands of Allied lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461196515
• ISBN13: 9781461196518
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"