So, after going through some stuff, I found this book called Australians Under Fire 1942 and have decoded to use it for my Wednesday posts. We will start with the introduction that is in the book because the start of the book is the best place to start if you don’t want to be all over the damn place, which I do not. As the title says this book is focused mostly on the year 1942.
It seems like the year 1942 was a dark, uncertain, and crucial one for Australia, with several events taking place such as the bombing of Darwin, the battle of the Coral Sea, Milne Bay, Kokoda and El Alamein these where all major events Australia played a part in.
Since the start of hostilities in September 1939 us Aussies had fought bravely on distant battlefields in Greece, Crete and the Middle East.
Then at the end on 1941 the Japanese joined the war, and, on the 7 December 1941, they bombed Pearl Harbour bringing the USA into the war. Till this time the war seemed far away to Aussies, however these events frightened many Aussies.
As the Japanese steadily advanced against the British on the island fortress of Singapore it became obvious that Britain wouldn’t be able to defend Australia.
Ironically during the first World War Japan’s navy acted as one of Australia’s protectors and was now a feared enemy.
Japan was in an ideal position to launch an attack on the northern part of Australia.
More next week.
joannerambling 
Dearest Jo-Anne,
Sad year indeed and it was also the year that my Heeroom ended up in a Japanese internment camp as the Japanese had occupied Indonesia.
May we never live through anything like that…!
Hugs,
Mariette
I understand the logic behind internment camps but in some it feels wrong
Just cruel