5.+The+impact+of+the+War+in+Australia

=Japanese midget submarines in Sydney Harbour = Japanese air raid Darwin

The threat of a Japanese invasion was thought to be imminent for Australia after the fall of Singapore. Darwin had been crippled by a series of Japanese air raids. In May 1942, Japanese Midget submarines were spotted in Sydney Harbour, posing a direct threat of attack or invasion. The presence of Japanese submarines in Sydney Harbour caused alarm in the residents of Sydney and the Australian defence forces. Again, Australia was unprepared to defend against Japanese incursions. In May and June 1942 the war was brought home to Australians on the east coast when the Japanese attacked Sydney Harbour from the sea.

The reason for the Japanese attack was that they hoped to sink the warship USS Chicago and perhaps others anchored in the harbour. Can you imagine the fear of those living in Sydney knowing the Japanese got as far in as the harbour?

Click on the link below that will take you to a government website. Here you will obtain information to answer the questions in the word document. __**Resources**__ Sydney Harbour Sub Attack Oz at war

Click on the link below and read three accounts of people who affected by the Japanese midget sub attack on Sydney. Three stories The document below is to be done from the bottom up. The activities begin with lower-order thinking skills and end with high-order thinking skills. =Japanese air raid on Darwin = On the 19th of February 1942, Darwin suffered its first and most devastating air raid. In early 1942, Darwin was used as a military base and as a transit point for forces and aircraft being sent to Timor, Ambon and Java in the Netherlands East Indies (modern Indonesia) before these islands fell to the Japanese. The Japanese had assessed that the base threatened the success of their operations against Timor and Java (they had captured Ambon already). From the image below you can see where Timor, Ambon and Java are in relation to Darwin and how a strong Navy fleet in darwin would have hindered the Japanese war efforts.