Darwin 1942: The Japanese Attack on Australia

by Bob Alford

Following the devastating raids on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, lightning advances by Japanese forces throughout the Pacific and the Far East, and a desperate battle by the Allied command in the Dutch East Indies, it became evident that an attack on Australia was more a matter of "when" and not "if."

On February 19, just eleven weeks after the attacks on Pearl Harbor and two weeks after the fall of Singapore, the same Japanese battle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472816870
• ISBN13: 9781472816870
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.6"