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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military
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gptkbp:aircraftLost
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23
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gptkbp:baseDefense
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 400 wounded
over 230 killed
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:David_Blake
gptkb:Mitsuo_Fuchida
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gptkbp:date
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19 February 1942
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gptkbp:followedBy
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subsequent air raids on Darwin
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Bombing of Darwin (1942)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Darwin,_Northern_Territory,_Australia
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gptkbp:numberOfAircraftInvolved
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over 240 Japanese aircraft
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gptkbp:objective
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to prevent the Allies from using Darwin as a base
to support Japanese invasion of Timor
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
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gptkbp:perpetrator
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gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army_Air_Service
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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over 230 people killed
over 400 people wounded
significant damage to Darwin
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gptkbp:shipsSunk
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8
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gptkbp:significance
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largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia
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gptkbp:target
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gptkb:Darwin,_Australia
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Darwin,_Northern_Territory
gptkb:Darwin,_Northern_Territory,_Australia
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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