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Why didn't Japan invade Australia in 1942? The real reason wasn't fought out at Kokoda or the Coral Sea. It was settled in Tokyo, in a bitter Army–Navy argument over ships, soldiers and rice. In February 1942 Singapore fell, almost 15,000 Australians became prisoners of war, and 188 Japanese aircraft bombed Darwin. Australia expected an invasion. But Japan's own records tell a different story. The Imperial Japanese Navy, led by planner Captain Sadatoshi Tomioka, wanted to seize northern Australia to stop it becoming an American base. The Imperial Japanese Army refused. Its planners estimated an invasion would need at least ten divisions and 1.5 to 2 million tons of shipping, at a time when most of Japan's army was tied down in China and Manchuria and every requisitioned ship meant less oil and food reaching Japan. In early March 1942, Imperial General Headquarters chose to isolate Australia instead, through Operation FS against Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia. This documentary follows the money and logistics behind that decision, from the 1941 US oil embargo and Australia's 1938 iron ore ban to the Japanese Army's own postwar account of why the occupation of Australia was "clearly beyond their offensive capacity." Then it follows what happened when the isolation plan met reality: the Battle of the Coral Sea, the midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour, the loss of four Japanese carriers at Midway, starvation on the Kokoda Track, and the Japanese defeat at Milne Bay. We also look at the home front: John Curtin's turn to America, the "He's coming south" poster, the Brisbane Line myth, Japanese invasion money, and how the fear of invasion paid for a war economy and gave Canberra control of income tax. And we put the historians' debate on screen: Peter Stanley's argument that there was no "Battle for Australia" as such, and the critics, including James Bowen and Bob Wurth, who say the threat was real and the plan was only deferred. Key topics covered: - Why Japan went to war: oil, the 1941 embargo and the Dutch East Indies - Australia–Japan tensions before the war: Yampi Sound iron ore and the Dalfram "Pig Iron Bob" dispute - The fall of Singapore and Curtin's "Australia looks to America" message - The bombing of Darwin, 19 February 1942 - The Japanese Navy vs Army debate over invading Australia - Shipping tonnage, divisions and the economics of invasion - Operation FS, the Coral Sea and Midway - The Sydney Harbour midget submarine attack and the shelling of Newcastle - The Kokoda Track campaign and the Battle of Milne Bay - The Brisbane Line, wartime propaganda and Australia's war economy - Was there a "Battle for Australia"? The historians' debate Sources: https://videos-sources.notion.site/410d6aae8d33810eac97d30b88d9fed4 Watch next: The Real Reason Japan Lost at Milne Bay — It Wasn’t Just Superior Numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfYXnddAvmI #WW2History #PacificWar #Australia #Japan #BattleForAustralia #Kokoda #MilitaryHistory #EconomicHistory

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