Australia Under Attack. The Bombing of Darwin 1942

New Holland Publishers, Sydney, 2013. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. Darwin was bombed in broad daylight by members of the Japanese Carrier Task Force which had been engaged at Pearl Harbour two months earlier. Not a single operational R.A.A.F fighter aircraft was available to meet this attack, imminent and inevitable though it was.pp. 200 illusts #0820 (name on prelim., small closed tear to jacket edge.)At the time of the raid, Douglas Lockwood was a correspondent for the Melbourne Herald in Darwin. In the years that followed, he travelled the world interviewing survivors of and participants in the attack to produce the first complete reconstruction of that tragic day.(Originally published as Australia's Pearl Harbour. Darwin 1942"" in 1966).""""The first ever attack on Australia by a foreign power occurred at Darwin on February 19 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.