What happened in the bombing of Darwin Australia in World War 2?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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