Some vision to watch on the Bombing of Darwin

 

Image above: NT News on 24/11/15


Some vision on the Bombing of Darwin in 1942

As mentioned at the briefing in September, little was known by people across Australia about the Bombing of Darwin until recent years. In fact, even today when people find out about the bombing, they are incredulous that they had never heard about it. This is partly due to the official secrecy during the war years about the bombing - if the Australian population knew about the extent of the bombing it would have been disastrous for the war effort and created serious panic.  The other reason for our limited knowledge about the 1942 bombings in Darwin is that our historical focus on World War 2 has been about Europe, Singapore POW's, Burma Railway and the Kokoda Trail in New Guinea during the war. 

It is now time to start learning about what happened on Australian soil during the war. Stories such as the Bombing of Darwin, Japanese midget submarines in Sydney Harbour, the  breakout of Japanese POW's in Cowra (NSW) and the mobilisation of women and men to contribute to the war effort on the Home Front in Australia.  

We suggest that you spend the next few months watching and reading the links below and the blog postings to follow in November and December, to really know all about the bombing of Darwin before we get there in April.

Needless to say, being in Darwin we will continue to look in detail at the story of the Darwin Bombing in 1942.  There is much to learn and I am sure you will be surprised by the extent, impact and secrecy of what happened in Darwin and surrounds in 1942 during World War 2.

Here are some great documentaries/news stories to get you started to think and visualise the bombings. It must have been a very scary place to be in 1942 for the personnel up there who thought they were not directly on the battle front. All of a sudden, they were! 


Please look at the following - all free to view.

Bombing of Darwin ABC News on 70th Anniversary

https://youtu.be/OzCb86C2O0s 


Movie clip from Australia, the movie (2008)

https://youtu.be/4Z5rOXxjRWI


Original footage of the bombing  AWM

https://youtu.be/LIn695k9QiU


World War 2: Bombing of Darwin on Vector Historia

https://youtu.be/WyvnnCTaYX8



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