What is Z Special Unit?
{{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Z Special Unit | image = Krait-crew.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = Crew of the [[MV Krait|MV ''Krait'']] during [[Operation Jaywick]], 1943 | dates = 1942–1946 | country = {{ubl|{{flag|Australia}}|{{flag|Dutch East Indies|name=Netherlands}} |{{flag|New Zealand}}|{{flag|United Kingdom}}}} | allegiance = [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] | type = [[Special forces]] | role = [[Guerrilla warfare]]<br>[[Special operations]]<br>[[Special reconnaissance]] | command_structure = [[Services Reconnaissance Department|SRD]], [[Allied Intelligence Bureau]] | battles = {{ubl|[[World War II]]:}} {{blist|[[Operation Scorpion]] |[[Operation Jaywick]] |[[Operation Rimau]] |[[Operation Binatang]] |[[Borneo campaign (1945)|Borneo campaign]]: {{blist|[[Operation Semut]] |[[Operation Agas]] |[[Operation Python (1943–44)|Operation Python]] |[[Operation Copper]] |[[Operation Opossum]] |[[Operation Platypus]]}}}} }} '''Z Special Unit''' was a joint Allied [[special forces]] unit formed during World War II to operate behind Japanese lines in [[Southeast Asia|South East Asia]]. Mostly Australian, Z Special Unit was a specialist [[reconnaissance]] and [[sabotage]] unit that included British, Dutch, New Zealand, Timorese and [[Indonesia]]n members, operating on [[Borneo]] and the islands of the former [[Dutch East Indies]]. {{history-stub}} [[Category:Military organizations]]