Title: Darkest Hour
First published: December 15, 2006
Description: As the Japanese expanded their Empire across the Pacific in World War II, a small force of 1,500 Australian soldiers and medical personnel were sent to the island of Rabul.  This book tells the story of the Japanese invasion of the island and the defeat of the Allied forces there as told by Allied survivors.
Subjects: Australia, World War II, War in the Pacific, Japan, history, History, World War, 1939-1945, Regimental histories, Campaigns, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Prisoners of war, Atrocities, Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947). Infantry Battalion, 2/22nd, Montevideo Maru (Ship), World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, japanese, World war, 1939-1945, australia
Places: Rabul
Time periods: 1942