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In 1963, the former British colony of Malaya was lobbying for the formation of a new political entity, the Federation of Malaysia, to be composed of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah (North Borneo), Brunei and Sarawak.
Viewing this as a threat to his dreams of expansion, President Sukarno of Indonesia began infiltrating insurgents into Borneo. In response, the British organized a force of Malay, British and Commonwealth troops to contain the rebels.
What was most desperately needed, however, was a specialist group who could perform highly dangerous and arduous military tasks in the inhospitable, perilous terrain.
The only men suitable for such operations were the legendary Special Air Service – the SAS!
Soldier H SAS: The Headhunters of Borneo is the story of one of the least-known, most extraordinary wars in British history. The SAS braved jungle and swamp infested with snakes, lizards, leeches, wild pigs and all kinds of poisonous insects to live with the primitive, headhunting natives in their longhouses by the rivers, winning their hearts and minds with medical aid and other assistance, then training them as paramilitaries who would eventually become known as the Border Scouts.
While some of the SAS remained for months with the headhunters, others moved even deeper into the unexplored jungle – 'the Gap' – to establish ambush sites and helicopter landing zones. They also conducted daring 'Claret' raids across the border when, as the reknowned 'Tiptoe Boys' who hit hard and vanished fast, the set booby traps and ambushed enemy troops moving along the many jungle tracks and rivers. They fought a bloody, nightmarish war – and won it.
Most men can only dream about such adventures – the SAS live them!
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SAS, S.A.S, S·A·S, Special Air Service, Rebels, War, History, Jungle, Swamps, English fiction, Fiction, Great britain, armyPeople
The SAS, The S.A.S, The S·A·S, The British, Tiptoe Boys, Border Scouts, HeadhuntersPlaces
Borneo, The Gap, Federation of Malaysia, Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, North Borneo, Brunei, Sarawak, Indonesia, Great BritainShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Soldier H: SAS: The Headhunters of Borneo
1994, 22 Books
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in English
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1898125090 9781898125099
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Maidstone, Kent, England
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Cover: "A Novel of the S·A·S by Shaun Clarke"
Printed and bound in Great Britain
UK retail price £4.99 net
Includes list of other series titles at end.
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