The Heroes (1989)
- Directed by
- Donald Crombie
- Genre
- drama television series
- Country
- Australia
- Length
- 1 season, 1 episode
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This mini-series follows the true story of a World War II mission where Australian commandos sneak into Singapore harbor to attack Japanese ships. It shows the planning and the long journey the small team takes to carry out their dangerous assignment.
tensehistoricalseriousdeliberategrittypatrioticunderstated
What happens
The Heroes is a 1989 British/Australian mini-series on 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 book The Heroes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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