Wa's Pearl Harbour: The Japanese Raid On Broome
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
On the morning of 3 March 1942, Japanese Zero fighters swept over the remote pearling port of Broome, Western Australia, in a devastating surprise attack that mirrored the infamy of Pearl Harbour and left the isolated town reeling in shock and grief. WA's Pearl Harbour: The Japanese Raid on Broome chronicles one of the most overlooked yet strategically significant air attacks on Australian soil during the Second World War, reconstructing the chaotic minutes in which enemy aircraft destroyed dozens of Allied flying boats and aircraft on the water, killing scores of refugees, Dutch evacuees, and Allied personnel who had believed themselves safely beyond the reach of the Japanese war machine. Mervyn W. Prime presents a meticulously researched account that restores this largely forgotten episode to its rightful place in the annals of Australian wartime history, drawing on eyewitness testimonies, official records, and archival sources to build a vivid and authoritative narrative. The work sits within a proud tradition of regional military historiography, illuminating how the Pacific War reached deep into Australia's vast and vulnerable north-west, shattering the comfortable myth of a safe home front. For readers of Australian history and Second World War scholarship alike, Prime's account raises a haunting question: how many other chapters of this distant, devastating war remain buried in the red dust of the outback?
Author: Mervyn W. Prime
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
On the morning of 3 March 1942, Japanese Zero fighters swept over the remote pearling port of Broome, Western Australia, in a devastating surprise attack that mirrored the infamy of Pearl Harbour and left the isolated town reeling in shock and grief. WA's Pearl Harbour: The Japanese Raid on Broome chronicles one of the most overlooked yet strategically significant air attacks on Australian soil during the Second World War, reconstructing the chaotic minutes in which enemy aircraft destroyed dozens of Allied flying boats and aircraft on the water, killing scores of refugees, Dutch evacuees, and Allied personnel who had believed themselves safely beyond the reach of the Japanese war machine. Mervyn W. Prime presents a meticulously researched account that restores this largely forgotten episode to its rightful place in the annals of Australian wartime history, drawing on eyewitness testimonies, official records, and archival sources to build a vivid and authoritative narrative. The work sits within a proud tradition of regional military historiography, illuminating how the Pacific War reached deep into Australia's vast and vulnerable north-west, shattering the comfortable myth of a safe home front. For readers of Australian history and Second World War scholarship alike, Prime's account raises a haunting question: how many other chapters of this distant, devastating war remain buried in the red dust of the outback?