Comprehensive guide to the first Japanese attacks on Darwin on 19th February 1942. Includes a full list of those killed as well as other detailed appendices. Includes background to the initial battle; accounts of the fight in the air, at sea and on land; consequences and aftermath of the first raids; further developments as the war continued in the north; and lists of army units in the Northern Territory during the war (by Graham McKenzie-Smith) and air units deployed as well as a list of the 64 air raids.  Also includes details of wartime sites still accessible in and around Darwin and a chapter discussing the myths relating to the number of death in the first two raids.

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Tall Stories NT 2nd printing of 3rd edition 2010. Card covers 8vo 76pp b&w photos and maps. New book.

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