The Japanese Imperial Navy’s air raid on Darwin was the most ... aiming to cripple Allied supply lines. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, who had led the first wave at Pearl Harbor, assembled a force ...

Fuchida was the Imperial Japanese Navy commander of the 350 military aircraft, including fighter jets and bombers, that took off from six carriers on Dec. 7 (Dec. 8 Japan time), 1941, and attacked ...