Rabu, 08 Maret 2017

Zeros Over Oz: A Top-Secret Operation in the Pacific

A top-secret operation in Brisbane helped fill the intelligence gap on Japanese air power. The Japanese invasions of the Philippines, Malaya and Singapore were swift and brutal, giving imperial Japan control over most of the Pacific by the end of January 1942. On February 19, Japanese carrier planes raided the northern Australian city of Darwin, …

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