Historian Peter Grose's previous work, A Very Rude Awakening, chronicled the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney harbour on the night of May 31/June 1, 1942. Here, in his latest work, An Awkward Truth, he looks at the earlier bombing of Darwin on February 19, 1942, the day World War II came to Australia.istorian Peter Grose's previous work, A Very Rude Awakening, chronicled the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney harbour on the night of May 31/June 1, 1942. Here, in his latest work, An Awkward Truth, he looks at the earlier bombing of Darwin on February 19, 1942, the day World War II came to Australia.