An Awkward Truth
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Sell my copyAuthor: Peter Grose
Title: An Awkward Truth
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Release Date: 2017-10-01
Details: The bombing of Darwin on February 19, 1942 is the battle Australia tries to forget. Although there was much to be proud of that day-courage, determination, and improvisation-the dark side of the story lingers: looting, desertion, and a calamitous failure of Australian leadership. The Japanese struck with the same carrier-borne force that devastated Pearl Harbor only 10 weeks earlier. There was a difference: they dropped more bombs on Darwin, killed more civilians, and sank more ships than in Pearl Harbor. It remains the single deadliest event in Australian history. Absorbing, spirited, and fast-paced, this is a story of the day war first came to Australia, and of the soldiers and civilians who faced their toughest test on home soil.
EAN: 9781760296520
Package Dimensions: Height: 8 Inches, Length: 5 Inches, Weight: 0.6 Pounds, Width: 0.8 Inches
