Why Darwin Was the Only Major Australian City Bombed by the Japanese in WWII

Why Darwin Was the Only Major Australian City Bombed by the Japanese in WWII

Darwin was a rear-area supply base for ABDACOM, an Allied task force created to stop Japanese attacks on the Netherlands East Indies and Malaya. In 1942, it was subjected to a brutal Japanese air raid. It was the first time Australia was attacked on its home soil by a foreign adversary.   Darwin’s Strategic Importance Aerial view of RAAF Darwin, a critical airbase to American and Australian operations in the South Pacific, 1940. Source: Royal Au…