Z Special Unit in Borneo - With Gavin Mortimer

Z Special Unit in Borneo With Gavin Mortimer Part of Raids and Operations Week on WW2TV More Australian and New Zealand content    • Australia and New Zealand in WWII   More WW2TV content about Commando Missions and Special Operations by units such as the SAS, SBS, Chindits, Alamo Scouts etc    • Commando Missions and Special Operations   Gavin Mortimer is a best-selling writer, historian and TV consultant whose books have been published in Britain and the USA. Gavin is the leading authority on WW2 special forces having interviewed over 100 veterans from the UK, USA, Germany and elsewhere. His histories of the SAS, SBS, the Long Range Desert Group and Merrill's Marauders have been critically acclaimed. https://gavinmortimer.com/ Gavin's previous appearance on WW2TV David Stirling SAS -    • David Stirling (SAS in WWII) - The Phoney ...   Gavin Mortimer joins us to tell the origin story of a wartime special forces unit that defied the odds. Z Special Unit, one of the most intrepid but arguably the most unsung of Allied Special Forces of the Second World War waged a guerrilla war against Japan for two years in the south-west Pacific. On some of their 81 operations Z Special Unit slipped into enemy harbours in canoes and silently mined ships before vanishing into the night; on others they parachuted into the dense Borneo jungle to fight with headhunters against the Japanese and on one occasion they landed on an Indonesian island and smuggled out the pro-Allied sultan from under Japanese noses. The Japanese weren't the only adversary that Z Special Unit encountered in the brutal terrain of the Pacific. In the mango swamps of Borneo and the dense jungle of Papua New Guinea they were faced with venomous snakes, man-eating crocodiles and deadly diseases. But it was the enemy soldiers who proved the most ruthless foe, beheading those Z Special Unit commandos who fell into their hands. The WW2TV show on Operation Jaywick    • Operation Jaywick - the Real History (Atta...   Z Special Unit: The Elite Allied World War II Guerrilla Force by Gavin Mortimer USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97814728... UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978147... You can become a Patron here   / ww2tv   Please click subscribe for updates Social Media links -   / ww2tv     / ww2tv     / ww2tv   WW2TV Merchandise https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/ww2tv WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Books by WW2TV host Paul Woodadge: World War II Battlefields: Battle Sites Today UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978183... USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97818388... Angels of Mercy USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97814819...