Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bam din Darwin a ranar 19 ga Fabrairun 1942 shi ne mafi girman hari guda daya da wata kasa ta yi a Australia. A wannan rana, jiragen sama 242 na Japan, a cikin hare-hare biyu daban-daban, sun kai hari kan garin, jiragen ruwa a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Darwin da filayen jiragen sama guda biyu na garin a kokarin hana Allies yin amfani da su a matsayin tushe don kalubalantar mamayewar Timor
da kuma Java. An kare garin ne kawai a hankali kuma Jafananci sun yi asara mai yawa a kan sojojin Allied ba tare da tsada ga kansu ba. Yankunan birane na Darwin suma sun sami wasu lalacewa daga hare-haren kuma akwai adadin fararen hula da suka mutu.