Darwin 1942: The Japanese Attack on Australia
AuthorBob Alford
PublisherOsprey Publishing
Publication date
2017
Pages96
ISBN1472816870

Darwin 1942: The Japanese Attack on Australia is a 2017 book by Bob Alford, illustrated by Jim Laurier.[1] It covers the two air raids on Darwin in the Northern Territory in Australia on 19 February 1942.[2] The bombing of Darwin was often called "Australia's Pearl Harbor": the Imperial Japanese Navy began the attack on 19 February 1942, killing more than 230 people and destroying ships, buildings and infrastructure.[3]

The book was an entry for the Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award in 2018.[4] Alford had previously published two editions of Darwin's Air War 1942-1945. An Illustrated History in 1991 and 2011.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Boulter, Michael (2017-09-25). Bloomsbury Scientists. UCL Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1vxm8sr. ISBN 978-1-78735-004-5.
  2. ↑ Lak, Martijn (2017-10-02). "Recent Osprey Books on World War II". The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. 30 (4): 630–638. doi:10.1080/13518046.2017.1377016. ISSN 1351-8046. S2CID 149357173.
  3. ↑ "The Bombing of Darwin | Northern Territory Library". ntl.nt.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  4. ↑ "Shortlist announced for the Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award 2018 | Northern Territory Library". ntl.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  5. ↑ Alford, R. N. (2011), Darwin's air war, 1942-1945: an illustrated history commemorating the Darwin air raids (2nd ed.), The Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory, ISBN 978-0-9807713-0-5
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