On the morning of February 19, 1942, citizens of Darwin heard the sounds of planes circling overhead, they were not fazed by this, the citizens went on with their daily lives thinking it was just the Americans but after the first bomb was dropped onto the harbor, citizens of Darwin knew it was the start of a ferocious war on Australian home soil quotes a witness from the bombing of Darwin. The Japanese did not deliberately arrange for this war to begin, yet after the Japanese attacked Timor, they knew Australia would send aid so they proceeded to attack Darwin's harbor (Northern Region of Australia) and knowing that the US destroyer Peary was parked in the port, the Japanese didn’t hesitate to proceed into war.
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The Darwin harbor was used as a military base and a transit point for aircraft and forces being sent to Timor, Ambon and Java (Wells, 2015). This is a reliable secondary source as it corroborates and is supported by the sources written by National News. The attack on Pearl Harbor (1941) stands why Darwin was attacked in the first place due to the fact it was commanded by the same leader (Mitsuo Fuchida) and is by far the first biggest attack the Japans had ever battled in history. The fall of Singapore (1942) caused great concern in Australia because Singapore has been regarded as almost impossible to invade (Oxford Big Ideas Geography/History 10, 2014). This is a reliable secondary source as it’s supported by multiple authors. Prime Minister at the time, John Curtin delivered a speech on December 17th and quoted “The Australian government's policy has been grounded on two facts. One is that the war with Japan is not a phase of the struggle with the Axis powers, but is a new war. The second is that Australia must go on a war footing.” For the reason that this war started far from the doorstep of Australia and now it was knocking right up to them caused great concerns from the society of Australia. This is a reliable primary source because Curtin was present at the time of the war. This impacted Australian society as a result of Australia …show more content…
“The harbor was on fire and badly burnt bodies were washing ashore just below our position” states Heckenberg Allen who was flying an aircraft overlooking Darwin harbor when the port was attacked and approximately 300 causalities including 350 wounded (Slogett, 2014). This primary and secondary source is reliable as it’s Allen was physically present at the event and Slogett is supported by the Government. 10 out of the 27 allied ships (US Navy, American Army and Philippine vessels) that were stationed in the harbor submerged including 23 aircrafts destroyed, as for the Japanese 3 of their main ships (Akagai, Hiryu and Soryu) were submerged and each of these three carriers were used in the attack on Pearl Harbor (Skwirk, 2015). Not only did this decrease the population of Darwin but approximately half of the citizens fled south due to fear of being attacked once more (Bavota San, 2016). Families suffered the worst as daughter and sons were killed either contributing to the battle or as daily citizens of Darwin. It largely effected on Australian’s society as the number of families either worked themselves to death, drank for comfort or even took their lives as they endured the loss of a loved one. Thus
The impact of World War II had …show more content…
The Darwin harbor was used as a military base and a transit point for aircraft and forces being sent to Timor, Ambon and Java (Wells, 2015). This is a reliable secondary source as it corroborates and is supported by the sources written by National News. The attack on Pearl Harbor (1941) stands why Darwin was attacked in the first place due to the fact it was commanded by the same leader (Mitsuo Fuchida) and is by far the first biggest attack the Japans had ever battled in history. The fall of Singapore (1942) caused great concern in Australia because Singapore has been regarded as almost impossible to invade (Oxford Big Ideas Geography/History 10, 2014). This is a reliable secondary source as it’s supported by multiple authors. Prime Minister at the time, John Curtin delivered a speech on December 17th and quoted “The Australian government's policy has been grounded on two facts. One is that the war with Japan is not a phase of the struggle with the Axis powers, but is a new war. The second is that Australia must go on a war footing.” For the reason that this war started far from the doorstep of Australia and now it was knocking right up to them caused great concerns from the society of Australia. This is a reliable primary source because Curtin was present at the time of the war. This impacted Australian society as a result of Australia …show more content…
“The harbor was on fire and badly burnt bodies were washing ashore just below our position” states Heckenberg Allen who was flying an aircraft overlooking Darwin harbor when the port was attacked and approximately 300 causalities including 350 wounded (Slogett, 2014). This primary and secondary source is reliable as it’s Allen was physically present at the event and Slogett is supported by the Government. 10 out of the 27 allied ships (US Navy, American Army and Philippine vessels) that were stationed in the harbor submerged including 23 aircrafts destroyed, as for the Japanese 3 of their main ships (Akagai, Hiryu and Soryu) were submerged and each of these three carriers were used in the attack on Pearl Harbor (Skwirk, 2015). Not only did this decrease the population of Darwin but approximately half of the citizens fled south due to fear of being attacked once more (Bavota San, 2016). Families suffered the worst as daughter and sons were killed either contributing to the battle or as daily citizens of Darwin. It largely effected on Australian’s society as the number of families either worked themselves to death, drank for comfort or even took their lives as they endured the loss of a loved one. Thus