Operation Cleeves, SOEs Forgotten Wartime Tragedy in Thailand
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Operation Cleeves, SOEs Forgotten Wartime Tragedy in Thailand

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Operation Cleeves, SOEs Forgotten Wartime Tragedy in Thailand

About this book

Uncovers a daring SOE mission in 1941 Southern Thailand, where civilians and soldiers bravely fought Japan's invasion. Southern Thailand, 1941. This is the story of Operation Cleeves. A daring and long forgotten SOE Far East mission, where a handful of tin miners risked their lives fighting against the onslaught of Japan on the eve of World War Two in Southeast Asia. Using declassified documents, previously undiscovered records and extensive original research, Kate Reid-Smith provides an intimate yet harrowing look into a most secret and turbulent operation shrouded in mystery. Where vivid and powerful accounts of tremendous courage in the face of resilience and redemption, uncovers how an eclectic mix of European civilians and Indian soldiers all marooned amid danger, violence and bloodshed, were suddenly confronted by unspeakable survival choices, as the circumstances of war catapulted them into an unimaginable world of horrific atrocities. Some of their stories are told for the very first time in this revelatory book, uncovering perilous undertakings requiring daring and sang-froid bravery, and how using only their wits for survival, all bore the full brunt of Japan's initial invasion.

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Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781036109813
Edition
0
Subtopic
Modern British History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1. Paradise Asleep: War is Coming
  7. 2. Paradise Awake: Old Neighbours, New Foes, Indifferent Friends
  8. 3. Paradise Alert: Thailand Tin and Japanese Chagrin
  9. 4. Operations Sandwich, Etonian and Matador: Meet the Malayan Maginot Line
  10. 5. Operation Puma (Oriental Mission): Lions and Tigers and Bears and Flies
  11. 6. Operation Scapula (STS101): Bombs, Bullets and Body Bags
  12. 7. Playing Hide and Seek: Brooke-Popham’s ‘Infiltration’ Mission
  13. 8. Never Complain, But Always Explain
  14. 9. Operation Matador and the Singora Line
  15. 10. Operation Cleeves: Herding (Tin Mining) Cats
  16. 11. Oriental Mission (Penang Headquarters)
  17. 12. Radio Hits of 1941: Signal Tunes and Missing Files
  18. 13. Smuggling, Trafficking and Grassroots Planning
  19. 14. Mining, Missions and Multi-tasking
  20. 15. Running from the Rising Sun
  21. 16. Cavalry And Chaos: Saeki's Detachment
  22. 17. Rapid Advance: Ando’s Detachment
  23. 18. Laycol, Krohcol: And the Singora Line Battle Begins
  24. 19. Krohcol: Guerrilla Fighting in Betong’s Mist
  25. 20. Singora Line North: Ronpibon, Phuket and Indecision
  26. 21. Singora Line South: Pinyok Swings into Action
  27. 22. 8 December 1941: Singora Line Dancing
  28. 23. Singora Line South: Battle Lines Being Drawn
  29. 24. The Singora Lines Falter: Two Steps Forward, No Steps Back
  30. 25. Singora Line South
  31. 26. Battles Lost: Battles Won
  32. 27. A Short (Operational) Life: The Death of Cleeves
  33. 28. The Singora Line Defeat: Retreat is not Always an Option
  34. 29. There is Always a Calm Before the Storm
  35. 30. All is Not Quiet on the Western Front
  36. 31. Blood in the Darkness: My Prison, My Home, My Grave
  37. 32. Black Bloody Saturday
  38. 33. Black Bloody Sunday
  39. 34. Survival of the Fastest
  40. 35. When Jungle Survival is the Only Option
  41. 36. Gossip, Rumour and Plausible Deniability
  42. 37. Misinformation, Disinformation: Bureaucracy Gone Mad
  43. 38. Falling Down Through (Historical) Cracks in the Dark
  44. 39. The Hot War is Dead: Long Live the Cold War
  45. Conclusion
  46. Appendix A: Operation Cleeves: Small-Scale Tin Mine Sabotage: Southern Thailand
  47. Appendix B: Operation Cleeves (OC) Personnel: 8 December
  48. Acknowledgements
  49. Bibliography
  50. Notes
  51. Plates