Something that is not as well known is that the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor would be replicated against Darwin, Australia by most of the same warships and aviators. This was the dawn of the ...

The Japanese air raid on Darwin on February 19, 1942, stands as the most devastating military assault ever carried out on ...

Short—both long since dead, demoted, and disgraced for sleeping at the watch at Pearl Harbor. Veterans Jesse ... claimed on the House floor that the Australian government, three days before ...

The wartime air raids on the port city are sometimes described as Australia's Pearl Harbor. For Japan, it signals a dangerous shift toward further militarization. Its WWII bombing of Darwin should ...