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" An awkward truth : "
Peter Grose.
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BL
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995108
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b749478
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| Main Entry
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Grose, Peter,1941-
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| Title & Author
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An awkward truth : : the bombing of Darwin, February 1942 /\ Peter Grose.
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| Publication Statement
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Crows Nest, N.S.W. :: Allen & Unwin,, 2009.
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xiii, 258 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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174175643X
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: 9781741756432
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. 'Big flight of planes ... very high' -- 2. A very sinful people -- 3. Horribly strained relations -- 4. One suitcase, one small calico bag -- 5. No place and no time for argument -- 6. The judge sums up -- 7. Convoy for Koepang to return to Darwin -- 8. 'Zeroes! Zeroes! Zeroes! -- 9. QQQ QQQ QQQ de VZDN -- 10. Between the raids: can anyone drive? -- 11. The second raid: Chinese whispers -- 13. The military takes over -- 14. Telling the world -- 15. Not many dead -- 16. Post mortem.
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"Darwin was a battle Australia would rather forget, yet the Japanese attack on 16 February 1942 was the first foreign assault on Australian soil since 1788. The raid was bigger than the first wave that attacked Pearl Harbor. Hundreds of Australians were killed. The police station and police barracks were totally destroyed, the hospital wrecked, the administration building shattered. And the people of Darwin abandoned their town leaving it to looters and a few dogged defenders with single-shot .303 rifles and a few anti-aircraft batteries. 'In an awkward truth' Peter Grose tells the real story of the attack and takes us into the lives of the people who were there."--Provided by publisher.
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Bombing, Aerial-- Australia-- Northern Territory-- Darwin.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Aerial operations, Japanese.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Australia-- Darwin (N.T.)
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Bombing, Aerial.
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Military operations, Aerial-- Japanese.
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Darwin (N.T.), History, Bombardment, 1942.
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Northern Territory, Darwin.
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Northern Territory.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.5426
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D767.82.D3G76 2009
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15.24bcl
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7,29ssgn
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