Darwin 1942 : The Japanese attack on Australia Paperback / softback
by Bob Alford
Illustrated by Jim (Illustrator) Laurier
Part of the Campaign series
Paperback / softback
Description
Following the devastating raids on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, lightning advances by Japanese forces throughout the Pacific and the Far East, and a desperate battle by the Allied command in the Dutch East Indies, it became evident that an attack on Australia was more a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’. On 19 February, just eleven weeks after the attacks on Pearl Harbor and two weeks after the fall of Singapore, the same Japanese battle group that had attacked Hawaii was ordered to attack the ill-prepared and under-defended Australian port of Darwin. Publishing 75 years after this little-known yet devastating attack, this fully illustrated study details what happened on that dramatic day in 1942 with the help of contemporary photographs, maps, and profiles of the commanders and machines involved in the assault.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:96 pages, 70 b/w; 12 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:23/02/2017
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- ISBN:9781472816870
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:96 pages, 70 b/w; 12 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:23/02/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781472816870
