Carrier Attack Darwin 1942: The Complete Guide to Australia's Own Pearl Harbor

by Tom Lewis

When the Pacific war began it was a case of "when not if" Darwin would be attacked. But nobody could have predicted the extraordinary scale and ferocity of the 19 February 1942 raid. A massive strike force, blooded at Pearl Harbor just weeks before, hit Darwin in the biggest Japanese air attack ever in the South Pacific. Since then, generations of Australians have been drawn to the stories and folklore of the Darwin action. But facts have blurred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0987151932
• ISBN13: 9780987151933
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Avonmore Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"