| Item title: | Midget submarine |
| Title (romaji): | Mamesensuikan |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J136) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial leaflets |
| AJRP series: | Far Eastern Liaison Office propaganda leaflets |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | 7/9/12 J136 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J136 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages, mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING, JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINES |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
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| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Sydney [Australia, New South Wales] |
| Content: | This item is a Japanese-language propaganda leaflet produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office during the Second World War. An English translation of the text is attached. It reports that the two Japanese submariners who committed suicide in their midget submarine after the attack on Sydney Harbour were honoured by a Navy funeral in Australia and their ashes were sent to their families in Japan. The leaflet also mentions that the British Navy also lost its midget submarines and crew after the successful attack on the German battleship Tirpitz. The description of these events is followed by a few Japanese and Chinese poems about the uselessness of war and the importance of happiness and peace. The English translation notes that the leaflet is intended to indirectly attack the tendency of the Japanese towards committing atrocities. 70,000 of them were printed. |
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| Last modified: | 11/28/2001 04:14:27 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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