In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.

passage: Due to Australia's geographic position there were relatively few attacks on Australia during World War II. Axis surface raiders and submarines periodically attacked shipping in Australian waters from 1940 to early 1945 and Japanese aircraft bombed towns and airfields in Northern Australia on 97 occasions during 1942 and 1943.
question: was australia bombed in the second world war?
Yes