The Japanese were moving in that direction.
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To neutrlise it as an Allied base.
In WWII, the first real attack of the Japanese on an Australian base occurred with the bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942. That attack scattered the naval base at Darwin and demoralised Australians. However, Darwin was bombed by the Japanese a total of sixty times between 19 February 1942 and 12 November 1943.For more information, see the link below.
In WWII, the first real attack of the Japanese on an Australian base occurred with the bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942. That attack scattered the naval base at Darwin and demoralised Australians. However, Darwin was bombed by the Japanese a total of sixty times between 19 February 1942 and 12 November 1943.For more information, see the link below.
'Darwin' isγγΌγ¦γ£γ³ (daawin) in Japanese.
The attack by the Japanese forces was on December 7, 1941.
The Japanese bombed Darwin to neutralise Allied naval and air forces there.
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.
December 7, 1941
No, Darwin was the Australian city that was bombed in WW2.
More bombs were dropped on Darwin than in the attack on Pearl Harbour, hundreds of people were killed and many ships sunk in the harbour. President Obama recently visited Darwin and laid a wreath in memory of the US sailors who were killed when USS Peary was sunk by the Japanese in Darwin Harbour.