Item title: | Aitape-Hollandia landings - to officers and men of the Japanese Army |
Title (romaji): | Nihongun shôhei shokun - Rengôgun Aitape oyobi Horanjia ni jôriku |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J182) 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 J182 |
Inst. series: | Various |
Inst. sub-series: | |
Item: | J182 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 2 pages, mimeograpehd copy |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
Creation date range (d/m/y): | 22/4/1944 to ?/4/1944 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | PACIFIC WAR, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
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Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
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Languages: | English, Japanese |
Area: | Aitape [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape Wewak Area] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
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. The leaflet describes the landings of the Allied Forces at Aitape, Hollandia and Tanamera Bay. The message stresses that the isolated Japanese positions in the north coast of New Guinea have been completely encircled by the Allied Forces. 20,000 of them were printed. |
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Last modified: | 01/11/2002 01:01:08 PM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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