Z Special Unit

Z Special Unit
Crew of the MV Krait during Operation Jaywick, 1943
Active1942–1946
Country
AllegianceAllied
TypeSpecial forces
RoleGuerrilla warfare
Special operations
Special reconnaissance
Part ofSRD, Allied Intelligence Bureau
Engagements
  • Operation Scorpion
  • Operation Jaywick
  • Operation Rimau
  • Operation Binatang
  • Borneo campaign:
    • Operation Semut
    • Operation Agas
    • Operation Python
    • Operation Copper
    • Operation Opossum
    • Operation Platypus

Z Special Unit was a joint Allied special forces unit formed during World War II to operate behind Japanese lines in South East Asia. Mostly Australian, Z Special Unit was a specialist reconnaissance and sabotage unit that included British, Dutch, New Zealand, Timorese and Indonesian members, operating on Borneo and the islands of the former Dutch East Indies.

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