| ISBN |
9780987151933 (hardback) : |
| Name |
Lewis, Tom, 1958- author. |
| Title |
Carrier attack Darwin 1942 : the complete guide to Australia's own Pearl Harbor / Dr Tom Lewis & Peter Ingman. |
| Published |
Kent Town, South Australia Avonmore Books, 2013 |
| ©2013 |
| Description |
368 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Overview -- The road to Pearl Harbour and the relevance of Darwin -- The carriers - Japan's new strike weapon -- Race for an island: Timor and Darwin -- The Bomber attack -- Zero attack -- Allied aircraft operations -- The Bathurst Island warning -- The Darwin airfields -- The fight in the Harbour I: Stokes Hill Wharf: Neptuna and Barossa, Major RAN ships: Platypus, the sloops and corvettes -- The fight in the Harbour II: United States Navy at Darwin: Peary and Preston -- The fight in the harbour III: Merchant ships, Hospital ship Manunda, Miscellaneous smaller vessels -- The fight in the Harbour IV: Boom Defence Squadron, Flying Boat Camilla and launches -- The Army's AA Guns -- The Philippine blockade runners -- The second raid -- Conclusions -- Appendixes: Aircraft profiles -- Ship profiles (selected) -- Ships present in Darwin Harbour 19th February 1942 -- Allied aircraft losses Darwin 19th February 1942 -- Constable Law's damage report -- Pearl Harbor and Darwin - a comparison -- Trouble on the Darwin wharves -- Myth: The Gribble radio warning -- Myth: The heroic Robert Oestreicher -- Myth: Death toll cover-up -- Myth: The raid was concealed -- Myth: A prelude to invasion -- Myth: the Japanese pilots insulted their victims -- Myth: The ghost ship Benjamin Franklin -- Finding the Peary -- Darwin tides -- Darwin sites of significance - what remains today? |
| Summary |
When Darwin was attacked nobody could have predicted the extraordinary ferocity of the 19 February 1942 raid. which hit Darwin with 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 and mythology has thrived. What of the warning that never happened? What of the ghost ship actually sunk in the Atlantic a year earlier? Did a fighter pilot contrive a false combat record? Did authorities cover up the raid? Why do Australians know so little about it? This is the book that tests these many Darwin myths and reveals new information: the actual intent and nature of the attack; the precise extent of the Japanese losses. Provides a timely and fresh analysis of the raid from specially translated Japanese sources. |
| Subjects |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Australia -- Northern Territory |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Northern Territory -- Darwin |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Northern Territory |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Northern Territory -- Darwin |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian |
| Darwin (N.T.) -- History -- Bombardment, 1942 |
| Darwin (N.T.) -- History -- 1939-1945 |
| Other Names |
Ingman, Peter, 1971- author. |
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