"18 A/A Guns" . "4 Boom Defence Vessels" . "9 Merchant ships/Transports" . . . "Japanese victory" . "1942-02-19Z"^^ . "7 Destroyers" . "1 Destroyer" . . . . . "Bombing of Darwin"@en . "4 Aircraft Carriers" . "30 aircraft destroyed" . "235 killed" . "Empire of Japan" . "8 vessels sunk" . "25 ships damaged" . "300\u2013400 wounded" . "23 Auxiliary vessels" . . "242 aircraft" . "1 Light Cruiser" . "1 Seaplane Tender" . "4 Minesweeper/Corvettes" . "3 Submarines" . "2 Sloops" . "12 Pearling luggers" . "31 aircraft" . "1 Hospital Ship" . "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."@en . "Over half of Darwin's civilian population flees south" . "3 vessels grounded" . "2 Heavy cruisers" .