Attack on Darwin

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World War II battle air raid

Attack on Darwin was a major World War II air raid by Japanese forces on the Australian town of Darwin in 1942, marking the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Bombing of Darwin	2
Attack on Darwin canonical	1
Japanese air raids on Darwin	1
Japanese bombing of northern Australia	1
bombing of Darwin	1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ air raid ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Attack on Darwin ⓘ surface form: Bombing of Darwin
attackedTown	Darwin ⓘ
attackingCountry	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
belligerent	Australia ⓘ Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
campaign	Attack on Darwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Japanese bombing of northern Australia
conflict	World War II ⓘ
consequence	civilian evacuation from northern Australia ⓘ increased Australian public concern about invasion ⓘ strengthening of Australian northern defences ⓘ
countryAttacked	Australia ⓘ
date	19 February 1942 ⓘ
description	largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia ⓘ
followedBy	subsequent Japanese air raids on Darwin and northern Australia ⓘ
largestForeignAttackOn	Australia ⓘ
location	City of Darwin ⓘ surface form: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
partOf	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia ⓘ surface form: Japanese advances in Southeast Asia
relatedEvent	attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ surface form: Bombing of Pearl Harbor Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies
result	Japanese tactical success ⓘ heavy damage to port and military facilities ⓘ significant Allied shipping losses ⓘ
significance	exposed vulnerability of northern Australia to attack ⓘ first and largest Japanese air raid on mainland Australia ⓘ
target	Darwin Harbour ⓘ surface form: Darwin harbour airfields near Darwin ⓘ military installations in Darwin ⓘ port facilities in Darwin ⓘ
theatre	Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: South West Pacific theatre
typeOfOperation	aerial bombing raid ⓘ
year	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → notableOperation → Attack on Darwin ⓘ

First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → operationParticipatedIn → Attack on Darwin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bombing of Darwin

Defence of Darwin Experience → focusesOn → Attack on Darwin ⓘ

this entity surface form: bombing of Darwin

Defence of Darwin Experience → topic → Attack on Darwin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese air raids on Darwin

Attack on Darwin → alsoKnownAs → Attack on Darwin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bombing of Darwin

Attack on Darwin → campaign → Attack on Darwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese bombing of northern Australia