Bibliograph

Carrier attack Darwin 1942, the complete guide to Australia's own Pearl Harbor, Dr Tom Lewis & Peter Ingman

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Carrier attack Darwin 1942, the complete guide to Australia's own Pearl Harbor, Dr Tom Lewis & Peter Ingman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Carrier attack Darwin 1942

Oclc number

858938426

Responsibility statement

Dr Tom Lewis & Peter Ingman

Sub title

the complete guide to Australia's own Pearl Harbor

Summary

When Darwin was attacked nobody could have predicted the extraordinary ferocity of the 19 February 1942 raid. which hit Darwin with the biggest Japanese air attack ever in the South Pacific. Since then generations of Australians have been drawn to the stories and folklore of the Darwin action. But facts have blurred and mythology has thrived. What of the warning that never happened? What of the ghost ship actually sunk in the Atlantic a year earlier? Did a fighter pilot contrive a false combat record? Did authorities cover up the raid? Why do Australians know so little about it? This is the book that tests these many Darwin myths and reveals new information: the actual intent and nature of the attack; the precise extent of the Japanese losses. Provides a timely and fresh analysis of the raid from specially translated Japanese sources

Target audience

adult

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