Keywords: Lot-11622-3: WWII, Allies, Australians. Darwin, Australia, before the war, a remote outpost of Australia’s far north, has become a base of great strategic importance in the scheme of Pacific defense. Strengthening of land, sea and air defenses, troop concentrations in northern defense areas, and modern communications with Australia’s great cities are among the preparations that have been made to aid powerful resistance to any Japanese invasion attempt. Shown: Setting up a field gun in a carefully camouflaged position. Office of War Information Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/06/17). Lot-11622-3: WWII, Allies, Australians. Darwin, Australia, before the war, a remote outpost of Australia’s far north, has become a base of great strategic importance in the scheme of Pacific defense. Strengthening of land, sea and air defenses, troop concentrations in northern defense areas, and modern communications with Australia’s great cities are among the preparations that have been made to aid powerful resistance to any Japanese invasion attempt. Shown: Setting up a field gun in a carefully camouflaged position. Office of War Information Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/06/17). |