At dawn on 31 March 1942, a dozen Japanese bombers launched the attack, on Christmas Island, destroying the radio station, which stood roughly where the post office is today. Fragments of bombs dropped were still being found into the 1980s in the Post Office Padang.
Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers against their British officers, the Japanese expeditionary corps was able to disembark at Flying Fish Cove without opposition. However at the same time, the Japanese cruiser Naka was severely damaged by torpedoes from the United States Navy submarine Seawolf. From Christmas Island, and other bases in the East Timor and New Guinea area, Imperial Japanese Army Mitsubishi Ki-46 “Dinah” aircraft performed reconnaissance missions over northern Australia.
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