Operation Jaywick Dark Victory
- When
- Open now
- Where
- Australian National Maritime Museum2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW 2000
- Ages
- 12-18 years
- Cost
- Free
- Listed by
- Australian National Maritime Museum
About this event
Dark Victory -Operation Jaywick tells the story of the secret commando raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour in September 1943 and the unforeseen consequences it had for the civilian population. Jaywick was one of the most successful and daring Commando raids of WWII with the Japanese military stunned by the audacity and success of the attack. Not believing that the allied military could be responsible, they immediately suspected the civilian population. Local Chinese and Malay, prisoners of war and European civilians topped the list of suspects, and a wave of arrests, torture and executions followed. These reprisals are known in Singapore as the ‘Double Tenth’ after the 10 October date that the mass arrests were undertaken by the Japanese Kempeitai (Military Police).