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Carrier Attack Darwin 1942: The Complete Guide to Australia's own Pearl Harbor (en Inglés)
Tom Lewis; Peter Ingman (Autor)
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Carrier Attack Darwin 1942: The Complete Guide to Australia's own Pearl Harbor (en Inglés) - Tom Lewis; Peter Ingman
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When the Pacific war began it was a case of “when not if” Darwin would be attacked. But nobody could have predicted the extraordinary scale and ferocity of the 19 February 1942 raid. A massive strike force, blooded at Pearl Harbor just weeks before, hit Darwin in the biggest Japanese air attack ever in the South Pacific. Since then, generations of Australians have been drawn to the stories and folklore of the Darwin action. But facts have blurred and mythology has thrived. What of the warning that never happened? What of the ghost ship actually sunk in the Atlantic a year earlier? Did a fighter pilot contrive a false combat record? Did the authorities cover up the raid? Why do Australians know so little about it? This is the book that tests these many Darwin myths and reveals new information: another ship sunk; the actual intent and nature of the attack; the precise extent of the Japanese losses. The Darwin raid is usually portrayed as a wholesale disaster for the Allies, and a day full of military ineptitude. Carrier Attack shows the defenders were alert and fought with purpose. Arguably it was the Japanese that wasted much of their attacking strength, and in this way the Darwin defenders avoided a much larger catastrophe. Carrier Attack provides a timely and fresh analysis of the raid. Most importantly, it draws on specially translated Japanese sources.Table of ContentsContentsIntroductionExplanatory NotesChapter 1. OverviewChapter 2. The road to Pearl Harbor and the relevance of DarwinChapter 3. Carriers - Japan’s new strike weaponChapter 4. Race for an Island: TimorChapter 5. Bomber AttackChapter 6. Zero AttackChapter 7. Allied Aircraft OperationsChapter 8: The Bathurst Island WarningChapter 9. The Darwin AirfieldsChapter 10. The Fight in the Harbour I Stokes Hill Wharf: Neptuna & Barossa Major RAN ships: Platypus, the sloops and corvettesChapter 11. The Fight in the Harbour II United States Navy at Darwin: Peary & PrestonChapter 12. The Fight in the Harbour III Merchant Ships Hospital Ship Manunda Miscellaneous Smaller VesselsChapter 13. The Fight in the Harbour IV Boom Defence Squadron Flying Boat Camilla & LaunchesChapter 14. The Army’s AA GunsChapter 15. The Philippine Blockade Runners: Don Isidro & Florence DChapter 16. The Second RaidChapter 17. ConclusionsAppendix 1. Aircraft ProfilesAppendix 2. Ship ProfilesAppendix 3. Ships Present in Darwin Harbour 19 February 1942Appendix 4. Allied Aircraft Losses Darwin 19 February 1942Appendix 5. Constable Law’s Damage ReportAppendix 6. Pearl Harbor and Darwin – a comparisonAppendix 7. Trouble on the Darwin wharvesAppendix 8. Myth: The Gribble radio warningAppendix 9. Myth: The Heroic Robert OestreicherAppendix 10. Myth: Death Toll Cover-upAppendix 11. Myth: The Raid was ConcealedAppendix 12. Myth: A Prelude to InvasionAppendix 13. Myth: the Japanese pilots insulted their victimsAppendix 14. Finding the PearyAppendix 15. Darwin TidesAppendix 16. Darwin Sites of Significance – What Remains Today?ReferencesIndex
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