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.
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.
| ISBN: | 9781472816870 |
| Publication date: | 23rd February 2017 |
| Author: | Bob Alford |
| Illustrator: | Jim Laurier |
| Publisher: | Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Campaign |
| Genres: |
Second World War Specific battles Air forces and warfare Battles and campaigns Modern warfare |
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.
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.
Darwin 1942 features in the following genres: Second World War, Specific battles, Air forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, Modern warfare
Darwin 1942 is available in Paperback
Darwin 1942 was written by Bob Alford and published by Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Darwin 1942 has 96 pages
Yes it is part of Campaign series
£15.29