This Report Will Give You Information About The bombing Of Darwin Darwin is the capital city or the Northern Territory, and was bombed by the Japanese on February 19th 1942. Why did the event take place - During the 1930s Japan invaded and occupied large parts of China. By 1941 Japan also controlled Indochina (a federation of French colonies and protectorates in South East Asia). In December 1941 Japan bombed the Americans at Pearl Harbour and entered the Second World War. Within 10 weeks Japan controlled Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and the Australian territory of new Britain (Rabaul). The Japanese thought that Darwin was a threat because the Allies ( their enemies ) were able to regroup in Darwin Harbour which it was a key defensive position …show more content…
and Japan wanted to put a stop to it and this attack represented the Pearl. Harbour attack. What happened? - The Japanese first attack on Darwin on the morning 9th of February 1942.
( This was the first time since he European settlement that mainland Australia had been attacked by a foreign enemy ) This first attack ( and the attack following ) was led by a man named Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese commander responsible for the attack of Pearl Harbour. The Japanese fighters attacked land targets and ships. Dive bombers attacked the ships in the harbour the military and civilian aerodromes and hospitals. Dove bombers were escorted by fighter planes to protect them against the Australian and allied planes. Australia's air defence was very limited the only defence they had were 10 planes that encounter the Japanese planes. As a result only 1 plane survived the first attack compared to the Japanese only losing one or two. Four Japanese aircrafts were stationed 350km from Darwin in the Timor sea. They send 2 air raids into Darwin Harbour which was which was full of allied shops and people. The Japanese attacked with 188 planes. The first attack lasted 40 minutes and the second came an hour later. Bombers attacked the Royal Australian Air Force Base at Parap ( lasting 25 minutes ). The two raids killed at least 243 Australians and allies. And about 400 were wounded with many ships and planes destroyed. On 16 December 1941 …show more content…
an official order was issued by the admin to evacuate all women and children out of Darwin. The evac was organised by the A.R.P ( Air Raid Precautions ) with help from the police and the military. About 1066 women and 900 children went by sea. The first group leaving Darwin on the 19th of December aboard the Koolinda. The troop carrier Zealandia, USS President Grant, Montoro and Koolama also evacuated civilians with the last ship sailing on February 15 just before the bombing of Darwin others leaving by plane, road or train. Civilians were evacuated on short notice, often less than 24 hours notice. People were allowed to carry only little amounts of luggage with them as the ships were hot and very overcrowded and short of food and water supplies. They continually need to watch out for enemy mines and at night blacked out to avoid detection. What effect did this event have on the war and on Australia - The Japanese achieved what they wanted because they disrupted the alien base of Darwin.
This caused people to think that Australia was going to be invaded and so they fled. Disorder and panic was happening so those left behind started loot! An interesting fact was that many Southern Australians were shielded from the facts by censorship and the distance of Darwin. The censorship was put in place to stop people thinking that the war was bad and invasion was possible. The government didn't want people to panic. Other Information - There is a debate about how many Japanese planes were shot down that say some people say only two were destroyed were others say four were shot down. As it turns out Japan had no firm planes on the bombing of Darwin nor did they have certain objectives but, at the time many Australians believed that the Japanese planned to invade Australia. Many experts today believe that the Japanese plan was to wipe out as much of Australia's and the allied forces air and sea defence in order to gain control of the resource rich countries of South East Asia and establish defences against any counter-attacks from the USA, Australia and any European powers in the
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The Kokoda track campaign stopped the invasion of Australia and the Japanese advancing any further in WW2. Australian’s believed that Australia was going to be invaded, but it is now mostly believed that Japan was not going to invade. Australia thought they were going to be invaded because of the multiple attacks by the Japanese already, including the bombing of Darwin, Townsville and Broome and also the findings of midget-submarines in Sydney Harbour. The battle started on June 1942, in Papua New Guinea, on the Kokoda Track. The Japanese were planning to take Port Moresby so they could get access to the Port and airstrip to invade Australia. It is estimated that 6000 Japanese troops landed on the beaches of Papua New Guinea,...
Immigration, transport, trade and taxes, and growing national pride were the three main reasons Australia needed to federate. Fear of coming under foreign attack, and concern over being invaded by non-white immigrants were major factors, which encouraged support to Federate. Despite the fact that several colonies already had implemented laws, which restricted immigrants from certain countries, all of the colonies were keen to strengthen their policies. In this time, there were many prejudgments against the Chinese and Pacific Islanders. The Chinese immigrated during the gold rush period, in the 1850s and from 1863; Pacific Islanders were also brought to Australia to work in the hot conditions in the sugarcane fields. People believed that foreign workers took jobs away from them.
In 1937, Japan started a war against China, in search of more resources to expand its empire. In 1941, during World War II, Japan attacked America. This is when the Allies (Australia, Britain etc.) then declared war on Japan. Before long the Japanese started extending their territory closer and closer to Australia and started taking surrendering troops into concentration camps where they were starved, diseased and beaten.
Firstly, the Kokoda Battle was an important event because of its cultural significance to Australia. The Kokoda track stands as an icon for Australian participation in the Second World War, just as Gallipoli serves the same purpose for the First World War. In 1942, the Australian Territories of Papua and New Guinea were in law if not in public sentiment, as much a part of Australia as the Northern Territory. It is then quite true to say that Australian soil was invaded by the Japanese in 1942. The main objective of this battle was for Japan to capture Port Moresby via the Kokoda track and from there they would control the Pacific. This war was also very significant because of the mateship, loyalty and hard work the Australians did to protect our country even when they were “flat out” of energy, as evidenced by this quote
The Bombing of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was both the first and the biggest single attack mounted by a foreign power on Australia. 242 Japanese aircraft attacked ships in Darwin's harbour and the town's two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to fight the invasions of Timor and Java. Darwin was only lightly defended and the Japanese inflicted heavy losses upon the Allied forces at little cost to themselves. The more urban areas of Darwin also suffered some damage from the raids and there were a number of civilian casualties.
Some would say The Anzac Legend all began when Britain declared they were in need of help and it was Australia’s duty to go to their aid. Australia tossed aside experience and opted for youth. There were big incentives to go. To travel and visit foreign places, economic reasons, to be with their mates but the most incentive of all was that Britain needed help.
“The war would be glorious, exciting and ‘over by Christmas’.” This is what people were hearing at the time. Australia was not geographically close to the war in Europe and they did not know the realities of war. They got a huge shock when they became part of it.... ...
The First World War or World War 1 was a conflict between Britain and Germany, which spread over Europe predominantly beginning on the 28th of July 1914 until the 11th of November 1918. AS soon as the war began, Prime Minister Andrew Fisher's government pledged full support for Britain in an effort to defend Britain or the “Mother Country”. As enlistment came up for Australian men, thousands people across the country rushed to enlist for what they thought would be an opportunity to adventure Europe with the war supposedly ending before Christmas. With the propaganda at the government’s advantage, they could easily manipulate the Australian’s public view on what life, as a soldier would be like. As the pain of loss began to strike the citizens of Australia, views on what war was like changed and reality began to hit. This meant enlistment around Australia was significantly reduced especially after Gallipoli where there were the most casualties, which hit Australia hard. As time grew on
Japanese stood their ground and on December 7,1941.The surprise attack on the Americans that destroyed or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, and another 1,000 people were wounded at Pearl Harbor(document
The only time Australia has come under direct attack from another country, was when Japan bombed Darwin and sunk a number of ships in Sydney, during World War 2. The question then has to be asked, why Australia has been involved in so many conflicts. A number of recent conflicts in this century come to mind, they include, The Boer War, World War One, World War Two and The Vietnam War. By far the conflict that drew the most outrage from Australian citizens was the Vietnam War. Australia has been drawn into these conflicts through a number of treaties and alliances made with other countries. Often it is not the conflicts that have drawn most outrage from Australian citizens, rather the insistence of other countries, for Australia to accept large numbers of post-war refugees.
The Australian participation in WW2 was similar to that of WW1 in many ways. After the British declared war on Germany on September 3rd 1939, an Australian declaration of war was automatic. Aussie troops were soon sent to different parts of the world to help the British and other allied countries. It was not until late 1941 that they were recalled in order to defend the homefront. Darwin had been suddenly attacked by Japanese planes and small enemy submarines had snuck into Sydney Harbour. Darwin was repeatedly bombed by Japanese planes until July 1941, when along with American troops, the Aussies managed to drive them out of the Solomon Islands and northeastern New Guinea and eliminate a strong Japanese base at Rabaul. Without General MacArthur's troops, the enemy may very well have invaded Australia. This illustrates the importance of alliances.
General Hideki Tojo was the Premiere of Japan. He and other Japanese leaders did not like the fact that Americans were sending war supplies to China and other countries in Asia. A surprise attack was ordered by Japan on December 7, 1941. The target was the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 360 planes bombed the naval base killing about 3,000 people and destroying many warships, aircraft carriers, and submarines. This was a catalyst that brought the United States into World War II.
Conclusion, Until this day people still question on why Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. I believe because Japan’s plan for a new world order, U.S oil Embargo and last but not least because Japan had attacked and colonized parts of China, Korea, and South East Asia.
Did you know that plans for the surprise attack against the United States began as early as January 1941? Did you know Japan also chose specifically to attack on a Sunday because they believed the Americans would be less alert? By December of 1941, the Japanese Army consisted of 2,400,000 trained ground troops and an air force of 7,500 planes in December 1941. The U.S., however, was obligated to produce a large portion of war equipment for Europe. Therefore, the U.S. only had 1,500,000 ground troops, 1,157 combat aircraft, and 347 war ships. Only 500,000 of the ground troops were combat ready. The U.S. Pacific Fleet was fairly large and Japan believed it posed a threat. A surprise air attack would be just what Japan needed to nullify the fleet.
At this time, Japan was in the Far East, and Asia was in turmoil. Imperial Japan invaded China and various other territories in 1937, which made them a real strong ally for Nazi Germany.... ... middle of paper ... ...