The Japanese bombed Darwin to neutralise Allied naval and air forces there.
Darwin
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.
To neutrlise it as an Allied base.
it was bombed by the Japanese in 1942,
There were NO Japanese Soldiers involved with the attack. The attack was conducted by Japanese AIRCREWMEN. Soldiers fight on the ground. Airmen fight in the sky. Sailors fight on the sea. Marines are NAVAL INFANTRY.
'Darwin' isγγΌγ¦γ£γ³ (daawin) in Japanese.
Darwin Watterson
Yes.
The Japanese were moving in that direction.
1942.
Yes.
From Brookings Oregon & Santa Barbara California to Darwin Australia; from India to Madagascar off the coast of Africa and everywhere in between those areas.
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USS Perry.
Darwin and the northern territory.Darwin
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It was an American destroyer, sunk in the first Japanese air raid on Darwin.