Z Special Unit (/zɛd/) was a joint Allied special forces unit formed during the Second World War to operate behind Japanese lines in South East Asia....
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the elite Z Special Unit against the Empire of Japan during the Second World War. The film fictionalises the exploits of the Z Special Unit, which was...
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Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military...
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also known as "Z Force" Z Special Unit, an Australian-British-New Zealand commando unit in the South West Pacific theatre, also known as "Z Force" This disambiguation...
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gathering units such as Z Special Unit part of Special Operations Australia (code name Services Reconnaissance Department SRD) and M Special Unit part of...
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protection roles. In addition to these units, the Australians also raised the Z Special Unit and M Special Unit. M Special Unit was largely employed in an intelligence-gathering...
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its counterpart, Z Special Unit, which became well known for its direct-action commando-style raids. A notable member of M Special Unit was Sergeant Leonard...
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Department (SRD) of the Allied Intelligence Bureau in Melbourne. He joined Z Special Unit in October and was transferred to Cairns in Far North Queensland for...
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Operation Jaywick (category Special forces of Australia)
Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, 14 commandos and sailors from the Allied Z Special Unit raided Japanese...
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Donald Stott (category Z Special Unit personnel)
resistance efforts against the Germans. In 1944, he transferred to the Z Special Unit, which was based in Melbourne, Australia as part of the Services Reconnaissance...
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Airlie, South Yarra, Melbourne (section Z Special Unit)
was taken over by the Z Special Unit of the Australian intelligence forces. At the suggestion of General Thomas Blamey special forces were trained in...
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Sun Yat-sen University (Zhong Shan University, in Chinese) Z Special Unit, a World War II unit This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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Exmouth Submarine Base (section Z Special Unit)
Base, code name Potshot, was used as a staging base for Z Special Unit. Z Special Unit was special forces use made up of British, Australian, Dutch, New...
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commissioned and the last HDML in RAN service. She was assigned to Z Special Unit and delivered commandos for the 1945 ill-fated raid on Muschu Island...
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Australian commandos (category Special forces of Australia)
Guinea and Borneo, although other units such as M and Z Special Units performed more clandestine roles. These units were disbanded following the end of...
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Liaison Office (FELO) M Special Unit Rose Force Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos Services Reconnaissance Department Z Special Unit Bushveldt Carbineers...
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The fifteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit made its debut with a two-hour premiere episode on September 25, 2013, at 9pm/8c - 11pm/10c (Eastern)...
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Operation Copper (category Special forces of Australia)
Operation Copper was carried out by the Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during World War II. The objective of the mission was to investigate the...
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Storm-Z (Russian: Шторм-Z, romanized: Shtorm-Z) is a series of penal military units established by Russia by April 6, 2023, at the latest. On June 24...
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m), on Ternate island. This island was used by Z Special Unit (Z Force), the mainly Australian special operations group active in this area during World...
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Jock McLaren (category Z Special Unit personnel)
releasing McLaren back to Australian command. After being transferred to Z Special Unit, under the command of the Services Reconnaissance Department, attached...
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Operation Jaywick, a World War II special forces raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour by the Australian Z Special Unit, based on Ronald McKie's 1960...
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MV Krait (category Special forces of Australia)
wooden-hulled vessel famous for its use during World War II by the Z Special Unit (Z Force) of Australia during the raid against Japanese ships anchored...
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Australian/Japanese co-production about Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau by Z Special Unit during World War II. The same story inspired the TV mini-series Heroes...
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was a series of reconnaissance operations carried out by Australia's Z Special Unit in 1945, during the final stages of World War II. This operation was...
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List of Dragon Ball anime (redirect from Dragon Ball Z TV specials)
Festa 2012 respectively. A two-part hour-long crossover TV special between Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Toriko aired on Fuji TV in 2013. Additionally...
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intelligence-gathering unit of the British Fourteenth Army in Burma Z Special Unit, an Australian-British-New Zealand commando unit in the South West Pacific...
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transform is evaluated along the z-domain's unit circle. The s-domain's left half-plane maps to the area inside the z-domain's unit circle, while the s-domain's...
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July 1920 – 7 July 1945) was an Australian soldier who was a member of Z Special Unit during the Second World War. He took part in Operation Jaywick and Operation...
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The Special Boarding Unit (特別警備隊, Tokubetsukeibitai) is a special forces unit established by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on March 27, 2001,...
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