1942 Honolulu HAWAII WW II newspaper JAPANESE AIRPLANES RAID NORTHERN AUSTRALIA

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1942 Honolulu HAWAII WW II newspaper JAPANESE AIRPLANES ATTACK NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
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inv # 4X-206
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
Honolulu Advertiser
(Honolulu, HAWAII) dated March 16, 1942.
This scarce WW II Honolulu, HI newspaper, printed in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, contains a bold banner headline and news of
an air raid by Japanese airplanes on Northern Australia
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Between February 1942 and November 1943, during the Pacific War of World War II, the Australian mainland, domestic airspace, offshore islands and coastal shipping were attacked at least 97 times by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. These attacks came in various forms; from large-scale raids by medium bombers, to torpedo attacks on ships, and to strafing runs by fighters.
In the first and deadliest set of attacks, 242 aircraft hit Darwin on the morning of 19 February 1942. Killing at least 235 people and causing immense damage, the attacks made hundreds of people homeless and resulted in the abandonment of Darwin as a major naval base.
These attacks were opposed by, and often aimed at, units and personnel from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, British Royal Air Force and Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force. Japanese aircrews also targeted civil infrastructure, including harbours, civil airfields, railways and fuel tanks. Some civilians were also killed.
Although the main defence was provided by RAAF and Allied fighters, a number of Australian Army anti-aircraft batteries in northern Australia were also involved in dealing with the threat of Japanese air raids.
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