Australasia, 19 Feb 1942: Bombing of Darwin
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Political map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific on 19 Feb 1942 (The War in the Pacific: Bombing of Darwin), showing the following events: N.T. Special Reconnaissance Unit; Fall of Singapore; Bombing of Darwin; Japanese invasion of Timor.

A u s t r a l i a(Br. dom.)

New
Zealand(Br. dom.)

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Neth.)

(Japanese occupied)

Aboriginal
tribes

British

Western

Pacific

Territories

Papua(Aus. terr.)

Territory of
New Guinea(Aus. mand.)

Western
Samoa(NZ mand.)

British
Solomon
Islands(Br.)

New
Caledonia(Free Fr.)

New
Hebrides(Br.-Fr.)

New South
Wales

Western
Australia

Dutch
New Guinea(Neth.)

South
Australia

Northern
Territory(Aus. terr.)

Port.
Timor(Aus. occ.)

Sara
-wak(Jap. occ.)

Nauru(Aus. mand.)

Gilbert Is.(Jap. occ.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Union Is.(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(US pres.)

Wallis &
Futuna(VFr.)

Norfolk I.(Aus. terr.)

Canton & Enderbury(US adm.)

Rabaul(Jap. occ.)

Auckland Is.(NZ)

Kermadec Is.(NZ)

Chatham Is.(NZ)

Tonga
(Friendly Is.)(Br. prot.)

Lord Howe I.(NSW)

12 Feb–19 Mar 1942Aboriginal forces
organized to patrol
Arnhem Land

15 Feb 1942Singapore surrenders
to Japanese

19 Feb 1942Japanese
bomb Darwin

19–20 Feb 1942Japanese
land in Timor

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