Darwin 1942: The Japanese Attack on Australia

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 February 19, 1942. It is considered to be a recent publication on World War II[2] The bombing of Darwin was often called 'Australia's Pearl Harbour', the bombing of Darwin by aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy began on 19 February 1942, killing more than 230 people and destroying ships, buildings and infrastructure.[3]

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

This book was an entry for the Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award in 2018. [4]

The book is 96 pages long.[5] Alford had previously published two editions of Darwin's Air War 1942-1945. An Illustrated History in 1991 and 2011.[6]

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. 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. "The Japanese Attack on Australia by Bob Alford & Jim Laurier - 9781472816870 - QBD Books". www.qbd.com.au. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  6. 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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