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Item title: Aitape-Hollandia landings - to officers and men of the Japanese Army
Title (romaji): Nihongun shôhei shokun - Rengôgun Aitape oyobi Horanjia ni jôriku
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J182)
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AJRP details
AJRP module: Australian War Memorial leaflets
AJRP series: Far Eastern Liaison Office propaganda leaflets
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AJRP folder:
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Item type: Unpublished, Official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
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names: FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE
Japanese unit names:
Names:
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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