Lieutenant  Robert Page , Major Ivan Lyon and Lieutenant D.M.N. Davidson The Heroes Were Here: The Untold Story of Operation Jaywick – Malaya's Daring Raid That Humiliated the Japanese Empire Growing up, we learned about the heroes of World War II. We heard about the beaches of Normandy, the dogfights over Britain, the tanks at Stalingrad. The stories were always set in Europe, in places we had never seen, fought by men whose names we could barely pronounce. But what if I told you that one of the most audacious, successful, and daring special operations of the entire war happened right here—in our waters, off our shores, in the heart of the Malayan archipelago? What if I told you that six men in collapsible canoes paddled into Singapore Harbour—the very heart of Japan's conquered empire—and sank seven enemy ships before vanishing without a trace? What if I told you that these heroes weren't thousands of miles away. They were in our backyard. This is the story of Operation ...