Australia looks to America

14th March 1942: As Australia comes under bombing attacks she now sees America as the natural leader in the region

Mar 14, 2022

The explosion of a ship, filled with TNT and ammunition, hit during the first Japanese air raid on Australia's mainland, at Darwin on 19 February 1942.

Australia was shocked to find herself under attack. The first Japanese air raid on Darwin had sunk 11 vessels and killed 236 people. On the 3rd March another raid on the small port of Broome saw 22 planes…

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