Operation Lagarto
Operation Lagarto was an Australian military operation in Timor during World War Two in 1943. It was run by the Services Reconnaissance Department.[1]
The Naval component of the mission was named Operation Mosquito.
The operation was ambushed and captured. Japanese intelligence used information from the mission to lure other Australian commandos to Timor where they were captured and killed.[2]
References
- ↑ Royal Australian Navy. "ML 814". navy.gov.au. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ↑ "A Small South Pole". cia.gov. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
Further reading
- Powell, Alan (1996). War by Stealth: Australians and the Allied Intelligence Bureau, 1942–1945. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84691-2.
- Silver, Lynette Ramsay (1990). The Heroes of Rimau: Unravelling the Mystery of One of World War II's Most Daring Raids Hardcover. Birchgrove, New South Wales: Sally Milner Publishing. ISBN 9781863510530.
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