| Item title: | Guerrilla warfare in the Philippines |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/32) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/32 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-359 part 2 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 73 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Intelligence report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 28/4/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | GUERILLA OPERATIONS, WARFARE - GUERILLA, MILITARY OPERATIONS, AERIAL OPERATIONS, BOMBARDMENT, PROPAGANDA, MORALE, INTELLIGENCE |
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| Japanese unit names: | 14th Area Army Watari Group 14th Area Army Shobu Group 35th Army Nao Group 22nd Field Artillery Regt |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Philippines Tanauan [Philippines, Leyte] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Tanauan on 29 October 1944 during the US campaign to capture the Philippines. This item is a collection of intelligence reports on guerrilla warfare in the Philippines by the Watari Group (14th Area Army), the Shobu Group (14th Area Army) and the Nao Group (35th Army), held by the 22nd Field Artillery Regiment. This item contains Watari Group intelligence reports B numbers 158 and 159, Shobu Group intelligence reports B numbers 1 to 3, and Nao Group intelligence reports B numbers 1 and 2. Collectively, they cover the period 1 July to 10 September 1944. The reports contain detailed information and maps on the following: the strength, organisation and tactics of guerrilla groups; Japanese punitive operations; conflict between communist groups; US guerrilla units and Filipino guerrilla groups; wireless communication; submarine communications; air raids by US aircraft and Filipino morale. They also contain a general appraisal of the effectiveness of Allied reconnaissance and bombing operations and comments on the anticipated use of chemical warfare. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:13 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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