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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:54 PM Oct 22

On October 21, 1944 the HMAS Australia became the first Allied ship attacked by a kamikaze attack.

Hat tip, Franklin D. Roosevelt Day-by-Day

On October 21, 1944 the HMAS Australia became the first Allied ship attacked by a kamikaze


The remains of the engine and propeller of the Japanese suicide aircraft which struck the deck of HMAS AUSTRALIA. Imperial War Museum A29483


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