An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin February 1942.
by Grose, Peter
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- ISBN 10
- 174175643X
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- 9781741756432
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Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2009. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, corner tip front cover creased, bottom edge rubbed, minimal edgewear & creasing. 258 pp. The Japanese bombing raid on Darwin, on 19 February 1942, was the first wartime assault on Australian soil. The Japanese struck with the same carrier-borne force that devastated Pearl Harbor only ten weeks earlier. There was a difference: more bombs fell on Darwin, more civilians were killed, and more ships were sunk. The people of Darwin abandoned their town, leaving it to looters, a few anti-aircraft batteries, and a handful of dogged defenders with single-shot rifles. Yet the story has remained in the shadows. Drawing on long-hidden documents and first-person accounts, Grose tells what really happened. There was much to be proud of in Darwin that day: courage, mateship, determination and improvisation. But the dark side of the story involves looting, desertion and a calamitous failure of leadership. (1 of 2 available copies.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15138
- Title
- An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin February 1942.
- Author
- Grose, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 174175643X
- ISBN 13
- 9781741756432
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- military, world war 2 (ww2), aviation, air raids, aerial bombing, maritime, navy, australia, northern territory, darwin, asia, japan
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY & ESPIONAGE;
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