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This Saturday, a Day of National Observance, Australia can join via live-stream to remember the day exactly 80 years ago when World War II forced itself onto Australia’s mainland for the first time. Join the live stream: https://livestream.com/cod/bod

Just before 10am, on 19 February 1942, World War II forced itself onto Australia’s mainland for the first time, when formations of 188 Japanese aircraft mounted a deadly air raid on Darwin and the terrible sound of whistling bombs rang in the ears of allied troops and civilians alike.