| Item title: | Lessons from experiences in the Akyab area |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/17) 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 5/17 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-187 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 27 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Information report, Instruction manual, Intelligence report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 16/9/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | INTELLIGENCE, MILITARY OPERATIONS, MILITARY TRAINING, COMMUNICATIONS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, BOMBARDMENT, ANTI AIRCRAFT, CAMPS, HYGIENE AND SANITATION, INTERROGATION |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Akyab (Sittwe) [Burma–Thailand, Burma] Maffin [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Biak on 15 June 1944 during the Allied campaigns in Dutch New Guinea, which were intended to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item is a booklet entitled "Lessons from experiences in the Akyab area", issued by Imperial General Headquarters, Army Department on 25 July 1943. It contains information based on fighting Allied forces in Burma, including: the characteristics of Anglo-Indian army organisation and equipment, combat tactics, interrogation of prisoners, lessons in anti-aircraft combat, lessons in crossing rivers and water transportation, lessons on signal communication and information gathering, and, matters relating to supplies, rations and hygiene. This item reveals many of the assumptions which guided the Japanese understanding of Allied tactics and the general character of the Allied soldier. Fighting in the tropical conditions of Burma gave the Japanese relevant experience for the New Guinea campaigns. As such, this document was issued from the highest echelons of Japanese military command. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:31 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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