The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia...
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Darwin (Larrakia: Garramilla)[better source needed] is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. The city has nearly 53% of the Northern Territory's...
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1st Air Fleet (redirect from 1st Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy)
strength of 103 level bombers, 128 dive bombers, 40 torpedo bombers, 88 fighter planes, plus 91 planes for a total of 441 planes. The Bombing of Darwin on 19 February...
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of several dwellings in Chinatown in 1913." Darwin's Chinatown was razed to the ground during World War II, through a combination of Japanese bombing...
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July 2023. AWM (1990). "Bombing of Darwin". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 5 March 2024. AWM, (1990). Bombing of Darwin. Australian War Memorial...
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RAAF Base Darwin (IATA: DRW, ICAO: YPDN) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base located in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory...
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Darwin 1942 is a 1986 Australian TV movie about the bombing of Darwin. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996...
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strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory. Strategic bombing as a military...
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The Darwin oil storage tunnels were built during World War II to protect the oil stored in the Australian city of Darwin from Japanese bombing. They are...
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Australia (continent) (redirect from Continent of Australia)
Waiko. Short History of Papua New Guinea (1993) "Papua New Guinea". State.gov. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2011. "Bombing of Darwin: 70 years on – ABC...
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