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Author Lewis, Tom, 1958-

Title Darwin's submarine I-124 / Tom Lewis
Published Kent Town, S. Aust. : Avonmore Books, 2010

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 MELB  940.5451 Lew/Dsi  AVAILABLE
Description 182 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Contents ch. 1. A submarine's story in war & peace -- ch. 2. A Darwin sketch -- ch. 3. Naval combatants: Submarine versus corvette -- ch. 4. A strategic picture
Summary The first attacks on Australia by the Japanese were made by four submarines of the Sixth Submarine Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Together, these 80-man boats laid mines, and then waited in their killing zones for targets to torpedo
Notes First published Darwin: Tall Stories Publications, 1997 as 'Sensuikan I-124'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Japan. Kaigun -- Submarine forces.
Salvage -- Australia -- Clarence Strait (N.T.)
Submarine warfare -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Shipwrecks -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Clarence Strait
Submarines (Ships) -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
ISBN 0957735197 (paperback)
9780957735194 (paperback)
Other Titles Darwin's submarine I-124 : the story of a covert Japanese squadron waging a secret underwater war against northern Australia
Sensuikan I-124