What the records say
- When
- 19 Feb 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 12.47° S, 130.85° E
- Description
- Japanese attack on Darwin, Australia during World War II
- War
- World War II
Bombing of Darwin
1942 Japanese attack on Australia in WWII
On 19 February 1942, 188 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, bombed the Australian town of Darwin, ships in Darwin Harbour and the town's two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasion of Timor and Java during World War II. This was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bombing of Darwin: The Japanese 1st Air Fleet under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo bombs Darwin, Australia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit dem Luftangriff auf Darwin fliegen die japanischen Luftstreitkräfte den ersten und massivsten ihrer Luftangriffe auf Australien”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bombardement de Darwin par les Japonais”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бомбардировка Дарвина, первый японский воздушный налёт на территорию Австралии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page