On the 19th of February 1942, Australia's mainland came under attack for the first time by the Japanese forces. Two air raids on Darwin occured at 9.58 am. The two attacks, which were planned and led by the commander who was also responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbour ten weeks earlier, which involved 54 land-based bombers and approximately 189 attack aircraft which were launched from four Japanese aircraft-carriers in the Timor Sea. In the first attack, heavy bombers pattern-bombed the harbour and town, dive bombers escorted by Zero fighters then attacked shipping in the harbour, the military and civil aerodromes, and the hospital at Berrimah. The attack ceased after about 40 minutes. The second attack, which began an hour later, involved high altitude bombing of the Royal Australian Air Force base at Parap which lasted for 20�25 minutes. The two raids killed at least 243 people and between 300 and 400 were wounded. Twenty military aircraft were destroyed, eight ships at anchor in the harbour were sunk, and most civil and military facilities in Darwin were destroyed.The Japenese were ment to invade Timor so the Australian Army wouldn't reach Timor to help the Timorese out.
On the left under the blue pod, you will find a web link to a timeline of events in Darwin during the period that the bombings were happening.
Japanese air attacks on Australia, 1942-43 Between February 1942 and November 1943, the Australian mainland, domestic airspace, offshore islands and coastal shipping became part of the Pacific theatre of World War II. Australia was attacked at least 97 times by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. The attacks came in various forms, from large scale raids by heavy bombers, to strafing runs by fighter planes. In the first
12 days after the tragic Bombing of Darwin, Japanese fighter planese bombarded the town of Broome, killing 88 people.
The first raid (carried out by the same carriers that had attacked Pearl Harbor) was on 19 February 1942. There were 63 raids after that.
Darwin was first bombed on 19 February 1942 in an attack that lasted around 20 minutes. Although it was a less significant target, a greater number of bombs were dropped than in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The attacks were the first of about 100 air raids against Australia and the Top End during 1942-43. The total number of bombs might never be known, but Darwin itself suffered a total of 64 air raids, according to information from Anti Aircraft and other Unit Operations Records.
Initially in the naval defence, then the bombing raids in Europe.
The ANZACS, or the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, were not present in Darwin during the bombings that occurred on February 19, 1942. The bombings were carried out by the Japanese air force targeting the city of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. The ANZACS primarily fought in World War I and were not involved in the defense of Darwin during World War II.
Japan took over South East Asia and its resources.
They were scared so they ate pie
The following website gives you information about before, during, and after the Darwin's Bombing: https://sites.google.com/site/ntpmhsociety/our-rich-history/timeline-and-events/world-war-ii/bombing-of-darwin You also get an insight of what happened in video form.
Australia's National Security was greatly threatened, especially with the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese. A story that a lot of people don't know about, is that after the bombing of Darwin, a Japanese plane came down the east coast of Australia, and circled over Melbourne for hours and hours doing reconnaissance work for the Japanese.
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