Darwin 1942 : Australia's darkest hour

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Darwin 1942 : Australia's darkest hour

Timothy Hall

(Routledge library editions, . World War II in Asia ; v. 1)

Routledge, 2015

  • : hardback
  • : pbk

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Reprint. Originally published: Sydney : Methuen Australia, 1980

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-220) and index

Set ISBN for subseries "World War II in Asia": 9781138899124

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hardback ISBN 9781138912649

内容説明

On 19 February 1942 the Japanese air force bombed Darwin. Whilst this fact is well known, very few people know exactly what happened. Timothy Hall was the first writer to be given acess to all the official reports of the time and as a result he has been able to reveal exactly what happened on that dreadful day - a day which Sir Paul Hasluck (17th Governor-General of Australia) later described as 'a day of national shame'. The sequence of events in Darwin that day certainly did not reflect the military honour that the War Cabinet wanted people to believe. On the contrary, for what really happened was a combination of chaos, panic and, in many cases, cowardice on an unprecented scale.

目次

1. Introduction 2. Prologue 3. The Warning 4. The Attack on the Harbour 5. The Mistakes 6. The Attack on the Aerodrome 7. The Defenceless Town 8. The Confusing Day 9. Exodus 10. The Looting 11. Who Needs Civil Defence? 12. The Brisbane Line 13. The Royal Commission 14. Broome - A Familiar Story 15. Epilogue 16. Bibliography and Sources. Index
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781138912762

内容説明

On Wednesday 18 February 1942 the Japanese air force bombed Darwin. Whilst this fact is well known, very few people know exactly what happened. Timothy Hall was the first writer to be given acess to all the official reports of the time and as a result he has been able to reveal exactly what happened on that dreadful day - a day which Sir Paul Hasluck (17th Governor-General of Australia) later described as 'a day of national shame'. The sequence of events in Darwin that day certainly did not reflect the military honour that the War Cabinet wanted people to believe. On the contrary, for what really happened was a combination of chaos, panic and, in many cases, cowardice on an unprecented scale.

目次

1. Introduction 2. Prologue 3. The Warning 4. The Attack on the Harbour 5. The Mistakes 6. The Attack on the Aerodrome 7. The Defenceless Town 8. The Confusing Day 9. Exodus 10. The Looting 11. Who Needs Civil Defence? 12. The Brisbane Line 13. The Royal Commission 14. Broome - A Familiar Story 15. Epilogue 16. Bibliography and Sources. Index

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