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The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was both the first and the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. On this day, 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 contest the invasions of Timor and Java.

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  • The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was both the first and the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. On this day, 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 contest the invasions of Timor and Java.
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  • Bombing of Darwin
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  • 235 killed
  • 25 ships damaged
  • 3 vessels grounded
  • 30 aircraft destroyed
  • 300–400 wounded
  • 8 vessels sunk
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  • Empire of Japan
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place of military conflict
result
  • Japanese victory
  • Over half of Darwin's civilian population flees south
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  • 1 Destroyer
  • 1 Hospital Ship
  • 1 Light Cruiser
  • 1 Seaplane Tender
  • 12 Pearling luggers
  • 18 A/A Guns
  • 2 Heavy cruisers
  • 2 Sloops
  • 23 Auxiliary vessels
  • 242 aircraft
  • 3 Submarines
  • 31 aircraft
  • 4 Aircraft Carriers
  • 4 Boom Defence Vessels
  • 4 Minesweeper/Corvettes
  • 7 Destroyers
  • 9 Merchant ships/Transports
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