{"product_id":"2026200011628-secondhand-australia-under-siege-japanese-submarine-raiders-1942","title":"Australia Under Siege: Japanese Submarine Raiders 1942","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the darkest days of World War II, the waters surrounding Australia became a battleground as Japanese submarine raiders struck at the heart of the nation's coastal defences — Australia Under Siege: Japanese Submarine Raiders 1942 chronicles the terrifying and largely forgotten campaign that brought the war directly to Australian shores. Steven L. Carruthers presents a gripping account of the 1942 Japanese submarine operations that targeted Sydney Harbour and other coastal locations, detailing the audacious midget submarine attacks, the chaos they unleashed, and the desperate Allied response that followed.\n\nCarruthers draws on meticulous research to reconstruct these dramatic events with a narrative authority that bridges military history and human drama, illustrating the vulnerability of a nation stretched to its limits in the Pacific theatre. The work stands as a vital contribution to Australian wartime history, shedding light on episodes that profoundly shaped public consciousness and government policy during the war — and raises compelling questions about how close Australia truly came to catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130836066523,"sku":"2026200011628-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4c84e97c-70ff-4c5b-b87d-c2dce626c57c.png?v=1786590867","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011628-secondhand-australia-under-siege-japanese-submarine-raiders-1942","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}