On the 19 February 1942 Australia was brutilly7 attacked by the Japanese. This was only 5 days after the fall of Singapore to Japanese hands.
Japan attacked Darwin with a series of dive bombing kittyhawk planes in a surprise attempt to weaken the Australian forces. The two attacks, which were planned and led by the commander responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbour ten weeks earlier The first raid involved was 93 Japanese planes mostly aiming at the city and harbour. The second raid at about midday had 54 Japanese planes attacking Darwin's RAAF bases.…
