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200			_aDarwin 1942 _bLIV _eAustralia's darkest hour _fTimothy Hall
210			_aVictoria _cMandarin _d1980
215			_a224 p. _cphotogr. _d18 cm
330			_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".
606			_aGuerre mondiale (1939-1945) _yAustralie|Darwin
700			_4Directeur artistique _aHall _bTimothy