| Item title: | Weekly war news, 16 April |
| Title (romaji): | Senkyô shûhô |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J284) 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 J284 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J284 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages, mimeographed copy and print |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 16/4/1945 |
| 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: | Tokyo [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Okinawa (Ryûkyû) [Japan–Formosa] |
| Content: | This item is a Japanese-language propaganda news bulletin produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office. Major events reported by this issue are the massive air raids targeting ammunition factories in the Tokyo area, the decreased resistance by the Japanese forces on Okinawa, the imminent fall of the Nazi regime and the entry of the Russian troops into Austria. 80,000 of them were printed. 30,000 of these leaflets were dispatched to Darwin on 24 April 1945, 76,500 to Lae on 24April and 2 May 1945, 60,000 to Torokina on 24 April and 12 May 1945. |
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| Last modified: | 08/26/2005 12:15:24 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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