Darwin attack 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 …showed first 75 words of 386 total…

…showed last 75 words of 386 total…Darwin was attacked another 58 times. Other towns such as Broome were also attack in the war years. The Darwin attack was a surprise to all Australian. The brutal attack just after the fall of Singapor and Pearl Harbour, was destructive not only to the city itself but to Australia's view of 'the lucky country that nobody would bomb.' The bombing of Darwin--- http://www.naa.gov.au/fsheets/fs195.html updated November 2000 Austalain Government