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A Shot of History: Attack on Sydney Harbour by Doctor Tom Lewis
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military
On the night of 31 May 1942, Sydney Harbour was attacked by midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy. An accommodation vessel of the Royal Australian Navy was torpedoed, and 21 sailors died. The midget submarines were hunted down, and two sunk. War had already come to northern Australia, and now ...Show more
A War at Home: a Comprehensive Guide to the First Japanese Attacks on Darwin by Tom Lewis
$9.99 AUD
Category: Military
A comprehensive guide to the first Japanese attacks on Darwin on 19th February 1942, written by Dr Tom Lewis, OAM. An essential reference work on this controversial subject that includes a full list of those killed as well as other detailed appendices. It also includes fascinating information on what wa ...Show more
Australia Remembers: The Bombing of Darwin 1942 (04) by Doctor Tom Lewis
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference | Series: Australia Remembers Ser.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. The story of the biggest air raid in Australia’s history - the bombing of Darwin February, 1942. All young Australians should know the story of how our own nation was at war in World War II. Dr Tom Lewis OAM brings to life ...Show more
Carrier Attack Darwin 1942: The Complete Guide to Australia's Own Pearl Harbor by Tom Lewis
$39.95 AUD
Category: Military
When the Pacific war began it was a case of "when not if" Darwin would be attacked. But nobody could have predicted the extraordinary scale and ferocity of the 19 February 1942 raid. A massive strike force, blooded at Pearl Harbor just weeks before, hit Darwin in the biggest Japanese air attack ever in ...Show more
Darwin's Submarine 1-124 by Tom Lewis
$9.99 AUD
Category: Military | Series: MORTAL INSTRUMENTS
The first attacks on Australia by the Japanese were made by four submarines of the Sixth Submarine Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Together, these 80-man boats laid mines, and then waited in their killing zones for targets to torpedo.
SINKING OF HMAS SYDNEY by Doctor Tom Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
HMAS Sydney was the pride of the fleet during the Second World War. A light cruiser and one of Australia’s main combat vessels. On the 19th November 1941, off the coast of Western Australia, The Sydney engaged in a fierce and bloody battle with the German raider Kormoran. Following this action, The Sy ...Show more
Teddy Sheean VC: A Selfless Act of Valour by Doctor Tom Lewis
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
No-one will ever know what made him do it.In 1942, 18-year-old Edward "Teddy" Sheean was one of the youngest and most inexperienced sailors on board the the corvette HMAS Armidale. Whilst on operation in the Timor Sea this warship came under heavy attack by Japanese aircraft. Armidale began sinking whil ...Show more
The Submarine Six: Australian Naval Heroes by Tom Lewis
$9.99 AUD
Category: Military
Any Australian asked to mention our war heroes could probably name General Monash and Albert Jacka VC from World War I, and then Weary Dunlop, and perhaps Field Marshal Blamey from WWII. A knowledgeable few might be able to suggest Australia's greatest fighting air ace, Clive Caldwell. But who could nam ...Show more
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