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The compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement - the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942. Darwin was a battle Australia would rather forget. Yet the Japanese attack on 19 February 1942 was the first wartime assault on... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Darwin: Add a description of this character.
- Mr Abbott
- Mitsuo Fuchida
- Peary
- Curtin
- Jack Mulholland
- Lowe
- Yamamoto
- Lewis
- Edgar Harrison
- Littlejohn
- Robert Oestreicher
- Gribble
- Kittyhawks
- Arthur Miller
- Kates
- Mcmanus
- William B. Preston
- Kennon
- Scherger
- Douglas Lockwood
- Ryan
- Stretton
- Lou Curnock
- Manunda
- Mcgrath
- Blake
- Palmerston
- Moorer
- Nagumo
- Griffith
- Don Isidro
- Bob Darken
- Penry Thomas
- Macarthur Onslow
- Morse
- Daisy Martin
- Meiklejohn
- Pell
- Brereton
- Eddie Ward
Setting & Locations edit
- South Australia
- Japan
- Timor
- Canberra
- United States
- East Indies
- Adelaide River Stakes
- Neptuna
- Singapore
- Melbourne
- Pearl Harbor
- Queensland
- Rabaul
- Britain
- Pacific
- Malaya
- China
- Koepang
- Sydney
- Oval
- Catalina
- Bathurst Island
- Northern Territory
- Russia
- Ambon
- Brisbane
- London
- America
- Zealandia
- Middle East
- Oahu
- Birdum
- Burma
- Vietnam
- Hawaiian Islands
- Larrakeyah
- Charge
- Batchelor
- Hong Kong
- Washington
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 940
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Military › World War II
- Books › History › Australia & Oceania › New Zealand
- Books › History › Australia & Oceania › Australia
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