This is the story of two security-masked attacks by a small band of British and Australian commandos, launched from Australia across 2,000 miles of enemy-controlled waters against Japanese-held Singapore. The first attack, an incomparable success, was one of the greatest sea raids of World War II. The second was not only a failure, but a mystery; even at the war’s end, no word, no detail was known to the Allies about this adventurous group. Only now, after years of research, has the stirring record of the second raid been pieced together. It is a tale of exceptional bravery, of young men who scorned to plead for life when captured. The Japanese called these prisoners “flowers of chivalry,” praised them to their own troops as supreme examples of courage and patriotism, and considered them heroes comparable in every way with famous names in their own military tradition. -- From the book jacket.

List of maps : The attack route of Operation Jaywick ; Route of operation Jaywicks three-canoe attack from Panjang Island through Bulan Strait to Singapore ; The attack route of Operation Rimau ; Route of the junk Mustika from Meripas Island through Temiang and Suji Straits near Singapore.

Operation Jaywick -- From Jaywick to Rimau -- Operation Rimau -- Author’s notes.