Brian Ross wrote on May 10
th, 2021 at 1:38pm:
Gnads wrote on May 10
th, 2021 at 11:06am:
Brian Ross wrote on May 9
th, 2021 at 5:08pm:
NorthOfNorth wrote on May 9
th, 2021 at 5:01pm:
Brian Ross wrote on May 9
th, 2021 at 4:50pm:
It is realistic revisionism. There have been numerous works since which have shown that Australia panicked and it shows.
What was believed and what was realistic were two separate things. You can believe what you like but a realistic viewpoint is that Australia was never in danger.
Yes... I think that's revisionism by definition... It's looking back and reassessing the issue... Reassessments are made by people who live in their times (obviously), such that what happened last year could be considered realistic revisionism.
80 years ago there was credible belief, fear and panic about a Japanese invasion of northern Australia... To look back nearly 4 generations and conclude that they shouldn't have panicked because it never happened is anachronistic revisionism by (ab)using the distance of time, the benefit of modern experience / sensibility and the benefit of hindsight.
Even if you, yourself, could be transported back in time to 1942, knowing what you know now, how many people would believe you?
Japan lacked the resources to be a credible threat to Australia. The most they could have achieved would be an invasion and capture of Darwin. Most of Australia's population and industry was in the SE corner of the continent. It was never in danger of attack. The Japanese lacked the ability and the means to mount one. They could not force a decision on the Australian Government. The US was too concerned with it's own affairs in the Pacific. It did not fear an attack on Australia and neither did the British. QED.
Cairns, Townsville? The Brisbane Line?
What about them? The Brisbane Line never existed except in Eddie Ward's imagination. Cairns and Townsville are Australian towns. Any other questions?
Selective editing & more selective response.
Even MacArthur mentioned the Brisbane Line.
Despite any evidence disappearing how does an idea/plan that was obviously discussed get knocked back by the powers that be if it hadn't been first mooted by someone as an option?
And don't say it wasn't because the evidence is there to say it was discussed before it was rejected.
Quote:In late July 1942, three raids were made against Townsville which was by then the most important air base in Australia. Three Kawanishi flying boats dropped bombs on the harbour on the night of 25–26 July and lone flying boats returned on the nights of 27–28 and 28–29 July.
Quote:Two weeks after the attack on Darwin, Broome suffered Australia's second worst air raid on 3 March when 70 people were killed and 24 aircraft including 16 flying boats were destroyed. Simultaneous to the raid on Broome, eight Japanese fighters hit Wyndham. Broome was again hit on 20 March, the same day that Derby suffered its only raid. Horn Island was hit on 14 March and additional raids against Horn Island met no air resistance but ceased in August 1942.
Quote: A final raid took place on the Australian east coast on the night of 30 July when a single bomb was dropped near a house at Cairns.
Quote:https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/air_raids#:~:text=In%20late%20July%201942%2C%20three,28%20and%2028%E2%80%9329%20July.
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