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First Helicopter Boys

First Helicopter Boys

The Early Days of Helicopter Operations - the Malayan Emergency, 1947-1960

By David Taylor

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Publish Date

2019

Publisher

Pen & Sword Books Limited

Language

eng

Pages

315

Description:

"The Indonesian Confrontation that raged from 1963 to 1966 stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of Malaysia. Fighting in the challenging jungle terrain of Borneo and in the countryside straddling the Malaysia/Indonesia border, where there were few roads, posed significant logistical challenges to both sides. That the conflict was ultimately a victory for the Commonwealth forces was in due in no small part to the fact that they enjoyed the advantage of vastly superior helicopter resources and better trained crews - many of which were provided by British units."