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Entangled histories

One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · AUS LEFT · USA RIGHT

1. 19 February 1942

   Bombing of Darwin

   Japanese aircraft bombed Darwin during the Second World War, the largest attack ever mounted on Australia, prompting Australia to turn increasingly toward the United States for security.

   War & Rupture · from the Australia chronicle · The world wars, immigration, and the twentieth century · REFS 1 — Australia (country)