01222     2200145   4500010001500000090001100015101000800026200006100034210002900095215002800124330076900152606005000921700004000971995006501011  a1863300023  9338560  aeng  aDarwin 1942bLIVeAustralia's darkest hourfTimothy Hall  aVictoriacMandarind1980  a224 p.cphotogr.d18 cm  aAfter the surprise attack on Darwin by Japanese planes on 19 february, 1942, the war cabinet made every affort to suppress the facts and the propaganda released at the time eventually became accepted as a part of history. In reality, reaction to the raid was a combination of pnic, cowardice and chaos on an unprecedented scale. Most of the RAAF ran off into the bush and at least one man didn't stop until he reached Melbourne. After the bombing, the city was systematically looted by the very military forces that were supposed to be protecting it. 
Timothy Hall was the first writer to gain access to all the contemporary official reports and has written a fascinating, authoritarive account of what Sir Paul Hasuck later described as "a day of national shame".  aGuerre mondiale (1939-1945)yAustralie|Darwin  4Directeur artistiqueaHallbTimothy  bBBcBBf00126770jMAAk00126770m2019-05-18 00:00:00o1sLIV