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Darwin 1942: The Japanese attack on Australia
Bobby R. Alford
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Description for Darwin 1942: The Japanese attack on Australia
Paperback. A highly illustrated account of the Japanese aerial assault on the port of Darwin in February 1942--the first attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70 b/w; 12 col. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MBF; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 184 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Campaign
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472816870
SKU
V9781472816870
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Bobby R. Alford
Raised at Bacchus Marsh in the state of Victoria, Australia, Bob's interest in aviation stems from his father's involvement from the Kingsford Smith era and the Victorian Aero Club of the 1930s. Bob joined the RAAF in 1966 and served 20 years as an Armourer in a variety of squadrons and postings, many of these at overseas bases. Following ... Read more
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