Operation Kingfisher (World War II)

For the Vietnam war operation, see Operation Kingfisher.

Operation Kingfisher was an operation planned to rescue Allied prisoners of war from Japanese captivity in Borneo towards the end of the Second World War. The operation did not come to fruition and almost 2,500 POWs died during the Sandakan Death Marches.

See also

• Batu Lintang camp
• Berhala Island, Sandakan
• Borneo campaign, 1945
• 1st Parachute Battalion (Australia)
• The March (1945)

Further reading

• Gin, Ooi Keat (2002). "Prelude to invasion: covert operations before the re-occupation of Northwest Borneo, 1944–45". Journal of the Australian War Memorial. 37. ISSN 1327-0141. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
• Moffit, Athol (1995) [1989]. Project Kingfisher. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books. ISBN 0-7333-0489-3.