Item title: | Another disaster: do you know the truth |
Title (romaji): | Keisei gyakuten su |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J7) 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 J7 |
Inst. series: | Various |
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Item: | J7 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 2 pages, print and mimeographed copy |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/9/1942 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
Australian unit names: | |
Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
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Languages: | English, Japanese |
Area: | Solomon Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Milne Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] |
Content: | This is a Japanese-language propaganda material produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office. The leaflet reports the disastrous defeats of the Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. It also mentions that the Solomon Islands have been recaptured by the Americans and the Japanese attempt to invade Milne Bay ended in a disaster. The message blames the military faction of Japan and encourages Japanese soldiers to cut themselves from the faction. 10,000 of them were printed. |
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Last modified: | 01/29/2002 12:01:49 PM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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