Brian Ross wrote on Dec 3
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Aussie wrote on Dec 3
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cods wrote on Dec 3
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Aussie wrote on Dec 3
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FRED. wrote on Dec 3
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Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Dec 3
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Panther wrote on Dec 3
rd, 2020 at 11:55am:
Indeed, if only the Japanese had have wanted to invade us, which they didn't.
FFS read some smacking history not your left wing shyte
He is right, Sore End. It was never the original Jap intention to invade Australia.
We got dragged in after Pearl Harbour, when it then became necessary for them to eye us. what did we have to do with Pearl Harbour????? even the yanks werent prepared for that?
the Japs dragged themselves into it....Australia was already involved..... or dont you think one should take care of the back door as well as the front door in WAR?
Karen, we had zero troops in Asia when Pearl Harbour was bombed. They were over in Europe, 'involved' there. Jayzuz!
Errr, we had a division of AIF troops in Malaya in 1941-2 They were attacked, along with the British and Indian troops on 8 December 1941 (local time). The same day that Pearl Harbor was attacked. Japan declared war on Britain and by extension, the Empire on the same day it declared war on the US.
Air raids on Australia, 1942–43
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An Australian gun camera photograph of two Japanese Mitsubishi G4M2 "Betty" medium bombers during a raid on Darwin in June 1943.
"Fighter Guide Map No. 1B, Darwin Area", March 1944. Produced for air defence purposes by the Royal Australian Air Force. The map includes many of the air fields which were targeted by Japanese aircraft.
Between February 1942 and November 1943, during the Pacific War of World War II, the Australian mainland, domestic airspace, offshore islands and coastal shipping were attacked at least 111 times by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. These attacks came in various forms; from large-scale raids by medium bombers, to torpedo attacks on ships, and to strafing runs by fighters.
In the first and deadliest set of attacks, 242 aircraft hit Darwin on the morning of 19 February 1942. Killing at least 235 people and causing immense damage, the attacks made hundreds of people homeless and resulted in the abandonment of Darwin as a major naval base.
These attacks were opposed by, and often aimed at, units and personnel from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, British Royal Air Force and Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force. Japanese aircrews also targeted civil infrastructure, including harbours, civil airfields, railways and fuel tanks. Some civilians were also killed.
Although the main defence was provided by RAAF and Allied fighters, a number of Australian Army anti-aircraft batteries in northern Australia were also involved in dealing with the threat of Japanese air raids.[1]
Contents
1 Early Japanese air raids
1.1 The first air raid on Darwin
1.2 The attack on Broome
2 Attacks on north Queensland, July 1942
3 List of attacks by date
3.1 1942
3.1.1 February
3.1.2 March
3.1.3 April
3.1.4 June
3.1.5 July
3.1.6 August
3.1.7 September
3.1.8 October
3.1.9 November
3.2 1943
3.2.1 January
3.2.2 March
3.2.3 May
3.2.4 June
3.2.5 July
3.2.6 August
3.2.7 September
3.2.8 November
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
Early Japanese air raids
The Japanese conducted a series of air raids on Australia during Februar