Nicholas Van der Bijl Livres

The history of the little known multi-national Commando unit.

The first accessible account of the British Armys controversial campaign in Northern Ireland. Covers all the main actions and terrorist atrocities, including MOTORMAN, Bloody Sunday, Warrenpoint, Omagh and many more.

From tragic beginnings at Crimea to the groundbreaking work of the First World War, To Complete the Jigsaw traces the development of British military intelligence and the role it played in supplying vital information to the war effort.

In December 1962, nationalists in Brunei, the hugely wealthy small kingdom on the North Coast of Borneo, formed the Army of North Kalimantan (TNKU) and, demanding greater democracy, engineered a rebellion against the Sultan and seized a large number of hostages. Perceived to be an attempt by communists to destabilize the Sultanate and seize power, within twelve hours of its outbreak, British forces were dispatched by ship and aircraft from Singapore to restore order, the first unit to arrive being 1/2nd Gurkhas, who entered the capital. Within the week, the 1 Queens Own Highlanders had recaptured the strategically important oil fields and occupied Seria, 42 Commando, Royal Marines attacked Limbang and 1 Green Jackets landed in west Brunei. The next six months were spent rounding up TNKU and, since there were major concerns that Indonesia could be behind the Revolt, the charismatic Major General Walter Walker, then commanding 17th Gurkha Division, was sent to Brunei to command operations. By mid-May 1963, the surviving TNKU had been captured. While rapidly suppressed, the Revolt was the catalyst for the three year Confrontation with Indonesia 1963-66.

Podtitul: Akce spojeneckých přepadových jednotek v letech 1942-1945 Desáté komando zasahuje je příběh jedné z nejneobvyklejších vojenských jednotek ve druhé světové válce. Vícenárodnostní 10. komando bylo tvořeno příslušníky francouzských, holandských, belgických, norských, polských a jugoslávských svobodných vojenských sil, které unikly před německou okupací. Všichni jeho členové museli absolvovat výcvikový kurs Zelených baretů v Achnacarry ve Skotsku. Autor odhaluje, že kromě šesti národních kontingentů existovala tajná jednotka, sestavená hlavně z východoevropských Židů, kteří unikli nacistické okupaci a pronásledování.