{"product_id":"semut-christine-helliwell-9780143790020","title":"Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo","description":"\u003cb\u003eA remarkable new book about Operation Semut, an Australian secret military operation launched by the organisation popularly known as Z Special Unit in the final months of WWII. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So begins the story of Operation Semut, an Australian secret operation launched by the organization codenamed Services Reconnaisance Department - popularly known as Z Special Unit - in the final months of WWII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Helliwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143790021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143790020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Joseph Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.80d","brand":"Christine Helliwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992661393663,"sku":"9780143790020","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7a8a466-9587-4150-a72c-7b27d3cd6554.jpg?v=1683320098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/semut-christine-helliwell-9780143790020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}