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MIRI (March 24): The launching of three books, an exhibition and the traditional commemoration service in Bario will be held tomorrow (March 25) to mark the 78th anniversary of the landing of the Z Special Unit in Bario highlands that started the liberation of Sarawak in World War II. 'A Matter o

A young band of special forces parachuted into Borneo to forge an alliance with the locals to wage a guerilla war.

A young band of special forces parachuted into Borneo to forge an alliance with the locals to wage a guerilla war.

A young band of special forces parachuted into Borneo to forge an alliance with the locals to wage a guerilla war.

A young band of special forces parachuted into Borneo to forge an alliance with the locals to wage a guerilla war.

A young band of special forces parachuted into Borneo to forge an alliance with the locals to wage a guerilla war.

A reconstruction of incomplete archives reveals one of Australia’s most audacious independent special forces operations.

Eventbrite - ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs presents ‘Saving British face’: Operation Semut and the Borneo Campaign, 1945 - Monday, 23 May 2022 at Hedley Bull Building - Lecture Theatre 1, Acton, ACT. Find event and ticket information.

A top secret World War II operation involving New Zealanders and aimed at disrupting the occupying Japanese Army is now detailed in a new book.

Event description Christine Helliwell will be In Conversation with Garth Pratten on her new book Semut - set in WWII Borneo. About this event A 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. 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 recrui...