Zero hour in Broome

• Tác giả: Peter Ingman, Tom Lewis
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0957735156
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 940.5426414 1918
• Thông tin xuất bản: Kent Town, S.Aust. : Avonmore Books, 2010.
• Mô tả vật lý: 184 p. : , ill. (some col.), facsim., maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; , 25 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 87477
• Chủ đề: 1. Bombing, Aerial--Australia; 2. Broome (W.A.)--History--Bombardment, 1942; 3. Broome (W.A.)--History; 4. World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Australian--Australia; 5. World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Japanese; 6. World War, 1939-1945--Australia; 8. World War, 1939-1945--Australia

Includes bibliographical references (p.173-178) and index.

Tóm tắt

Examines the actions of senior officials in the second most deadly attack on Australian soil when Zero fighters destroyed 15 flying boats at Broome which where packed with evacuees from Java. Profiles the different aircraft used during the Broome operation and the fate of Broome pearling luggers due to the scorched earth policy.