num_pages: 48
description: The 'Confrontation' between Malaysia and Indonesia in Bornew (January 20, 2006), the war against Indonesian raids across a 900-mile border in some of the world's worst jungle terrain, eventually involved nearly 20,000 British and Commonwealth troops, with air and naval support; and yet, by mutual consent, it was astonishingly little reported at the time. This 'secret war' saw the perfection of SAS jungle tactics; a Parachute Regiment action described as 'a second Rorke's Drift'; and audacious secret missions deep inside enemy territory, including the award to a Gurkha soldier of the British Army's only 'living VC' for 40 years.
language: English
title: Britain's Secret War: The Indonesian Confrontation 1962–66
titlecomplete: Britain's Secret War: The Indonesian Confrontation 1962–66
genres: History, Military History
ratings_count: 12
series: Osprey Men at Arms
publisher: Osprey Publishing