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Attack on Sydney Harbour 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. When did it happen 31 May – 1 June 1942 What happened there On the night three Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney Harbour. They were launched from a group of five larger submarines waiting off the Heads. All three midget submarines were lost, with two of them destroyed before they could fire their torpedoes. The third fired at but missed the USS Chicago, sinking HMAS Kuttabul, a coverted ferry, and killing 21 sleeping sailors aboard. Reactions …show more content…

There were several revenge attacks on the eastern suburbs of Sydney and Newcastle. In the following days, eight Australian ships were attacked by Japanese vessels along the east coast of Australia, from Bairnsdale in Victoria to Cape Moreton in Queensland. Three ships were sunk and 49 people died. On 7 June 1941, a Japanese destroyer fired seven shells on the eastern suburbs. Although five failed to explode, a man in Bondi broke his leg, and a block of flats in Vaucluse were damaged. The attacks frightened Sydney residents, causing some to move west to the Blue Mountains, even as far as Orange. By the end of the War in December 1944, as many as 27 Australian ships had been sunk by Japanese-sown mines and torpedoes. 577 had been killed. Why did it happen the Japanese wanted to invade Australia to prevent the Americans Using it as a base and the harbour was used to export war materials to the

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