https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk en-us 2023-06-15 23:09:35 UTC 2023-06-26 01:06:02 UTC hello@padlet.com fionalalsingh1 https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2624925543 At 9:58 am on 19 February 1942, 27 bombers accompanied by fighter escorts began the first Japanese air raid on the Australian mainland. Darwin was a useful trading port in Australia and in ww2 was used as a military port]]> 2023-06-15 23:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2624925543 fionalalsingh1 https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2631946553 After the bombing half of Darwins civilian population fled. Many were confused and panicked leading the goverment to appoint a Commission of Inquiry led by Mr Justice Lowe, which issued two reports, one on 27 March and the other on 9 April 1942.]]> 2023-06-26 00:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2631946553 fionalalsingh1 https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2631952098 There were in these times 62 more bombing raids in the Northern Territory and parts of Western Australia. 
Japanese submarines also attacked coastal ships, causing the loss of around 29,000 tons of shipping.]]> 2023-06-26 00:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2631952098 fionalalsingh1 https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2631959138 The Japanese bombed the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Darwin in an attack that lasted 25 minutes. The airmen quarters and hospital was now severely damaged. This was also an air raid.]]> 2023-06-26 01:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2631959138 fionalalsingh1 https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2631965354
By the end of 1942 the tide was beginning to turn and the Japanese started to be pushed back from the lands they had taken in what is now Indonesia and Timor.]]> 2023-06-26 01:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/fionalalsingh1/mdmy3q539ebrf9hk/wish/2631965354