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Operation Scorpion was a proposed operation in World War Two by Australia's Z Special Unit. It was to be the first operation by Z Special Unit. Australian soldiers were to infiltrate the Japanese-controlled port at Rabaul in New Britain. The mission led to a practice raid on Townsville Harbour. The actual mission was called off but elements were used in the famous Operation Jaywick.〔(''Zed Special Unit tribute page'' )〕 ==Origins of the Plan== The plan was devised by Lieutenant Samuel Warren Carey, a Z Special Unit officer based at Z Experimental Station, Cairns, Queensland who had extensive experience of Papua New Guina. In January 1943 he approached General Thomas Blamey proposing a raid on Rabaul. The raid would work as follows: *Use one submarine, with a small group of commandos on board. *The commandos would be dropped 16 kilometres off Rabaul. *The commandow would then use folboats (collapsible kayaks, or folding boats) to travel into the harbour and attach limpet mines to as many enemy ships as possible. *They would then retreat to a volcano section on Vulcan Island roughly 6 kilometres south of Rabaul, where they would hide out until they could safely rendezvous with the submarine.〔(Biography of Sam Carey )〕 Blamey authorised the operation, and issued Carey a letter of authority to perform whatever actions he deemed necessary during the planning of the proposed operation.〔 Training began in March 1943 and involved selection of the team and intense training.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Scorpion (World War Two)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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