Japanese Bombing of Darwin

On February 19, 1942, the war-crowded northern Australian harbor of Port Darwin was struck by 198 Japanese bombers. This coordinated land and naval-based air strike surprised the ill-prepared defenders and devastated the port and the shipping concentrated within its harbor. Arriving in two waves, the forty-five minute attack sank eight ships, ran four aground, and […]

Japanese Bombing of Darwin

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1 Response to Japanese Bombing of Darwin

  1. SLIMJIM says:

    Interesting historical post. I can’t imagine if the US went through a bombing like that in terms of a Major US urban area

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