| Description |
1 online resource (252 pages) |
| Contents |
Part Title; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: 'Big flight of planes ... Very high'; Chapter 2: A very sinful people; Chapter 3: Horribly strained relations; Chapter 4: One suitcase, one small calico bag; Chapter 5: No place and no time for argument; Chapter 6: The judge sums up; Chapter 7: Convoy for Koepang to return to Darwin; Chapter 8: 'Zeroes! Zeroes! Zeroes!'; Chapter 9: QQQ QQQ QQQ de VZDN; Chapter 10: Between the raids: Can anyone drive?; Chapter 11: The second raid: Chinese whispers; Chapter 12: Things go badly wrong; Chapter 13: The military takes over |
| Summary |
"Darwin was a battle Australia would rather forget, yet the Japanese attack on 16 February 1942 was the first foreign assault on Australian soil since 1788. The raid was bigger than the first wave that attacked Pearl Harbor. Hundreds of Australians were killed. The police station and police barracks were totally destroyed, the hospital wrecked, the administration building shattered. And the people of Darwin abandoned their town leaving it to looters and a few dogged defenders with single-shot .303 rifles and a few anti-aircraft batteries. 'In an awkward truth' Peter Grose tells the real story of the attack and takes us into the lives of the people who were there."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bombing, Aerial -- Australia -- Darwin (N.T.)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Darwin (N.T.)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Darwin (N.T.) -- Aerial operations, Japanese
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Bombing, Aerial
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Military operations, Aerial -- Japanese
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| SUBJECT |
Darwin (N.T.) -- History -- Bombardment, 1942.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00001026
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| Subject |
Northern Territory -- Darwin
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1741764734 |
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9781741764734 |
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