The first foreign assault on Australian soil since 1788, the bombing of Darwin was a battle Australia would rather forget. 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. Bigger than the first wave that attacked Pearl Harbor, hundreds of Australians were killed and the people of Darwin abandoned their town, leaving it to looters and a motley bunch of dogged defenders with single-shot .303 rifles and a few anti-aircraft batteries.
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Peter Grose founded Curtis Brown Australia, was the chairman of ACP (UK) and is the author of A Very Rude Awakening.
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23 x 15cm 258pp b&w illust softcover inscribed by the author paper tanned good+ The story of the Japanese air attack and the motley group of soldiers and civilians who defended the city. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 30056121
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Soft cover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. "Darwin was a battle Australia would rather forget. Yet the Japanese attack on 19 February 1942 was the first wartime assault on Australian soil. .There was much to be proud of in Darwin that day: courage, mateship, determination and improvisation. But the dark side of the story lingers: looting, desertion and a calamitous failure of leadership.a compelling and revealing story of the day war really came to Australia, and of the motley bunch of soldiers and civilians who were left to defend the nation." --- Original illustrated (Off-duty in Darwin, courtesy of Susan Holland; MB Zealandia in Port Darwin during the first air attack, J. Davey/AWM P03707.004) card cover, lettered black and red on top cover and spine (22.9 cm height). Pp. xiii, 258 including 'Bloody Darwin' - Soldiers' doggeral, circa 1941, Introduction, Epilogue: Whatever happened to.?, Appendix I: Evacuation notice, Appendix II: Report of the Lowe Commission, Acknowledgements, Notes, Bibliography, Index. With 8 pages of photographic plates. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 020941
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Paperback. 1. The compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement - the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942. 2009. Reprint. A very good trade paperback copy with light creasing to the wraps and light age tanning to the pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3952345
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Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine condition.The bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942 is a battle Australia tries to forget. There was much courage, mateship, determination and improvisation shown; however, the struggle had its darker side - looting, desertion and the failure of Australian military and political leadership. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers TBM9781760296520C4
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