"This is the real story of the genuine and terrifying threat the Imperial Japanese Navy posed to Australia. 1942 is a story of desperate bravery and criminal stupidity. Most of all, it is the story of Australians left high and dry, expecting attack, and the steps that an inexperienced leader, John Curtin, took to save his country in its darkest days."--Provided by publisher.
""This is the real story of the genuine and terrifying threat the Imperial Japanese Navy posed to Australia. 1942 is a story of desperate bravery and criminal stupidity. Most of all, it is the story of Australians left high and dry, expecting attack, and the steps that an inexperienced leader, John Curtin, took to save his country in its darkest days."--Provided by publisher."@en
"1942 was the year of Australia's greatest peril-as Darwin was destroyed by bombing, Australian ships were torpedoed within sight of our coast, and midget Japanese submarines attacked shipping in Sydney Harbour. For month's Australia's fate held in the balance."
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