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Drop Zone Borneo - The RAF Campaign 1963-65(1st Edition)$$$$
'The Most Successful Use of Armed Forces in the Twentieth Century'

Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2006 by Pen And Sword Aviation
ISBN-13: 978-1-84415-396-1, ISBN: 1-84415-396-7

"In 1963 the Indonesian Army that threatened Borneo numbered 330,000 men, plus three thousand Commandos. Of these, six thousand were within 20 miles of the Borneo frontier. This grew to thirteen thousand in early 1965. From mid-way through 1964, British troops and their allies who were defending the border started to make offensive incursions into Indonesian Borneo - these operations were codenamed "Claret". Taken into account the confr ..."