| Item title: | Psychological effect of Allied bombing on the Japanese |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 12/71) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS research reports |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 12/71 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 12/- |
| Item: | RR-94 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 17 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Information report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 21/9/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AERIAL OPERATIONS, BOMBARDMENT, STRAFING, AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS, CIVIL DEFENCE, AIR RAIDS, MORALE, CIVILIANS, NATURAL DISASTERS |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Tokyo [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) research report issued on 21 September 1944 on the psychological impact of Allied bombing on the Japanese. It contains excerpts from diary entries and interrogation reports on reaction to bombing, strafing and mortar fire, grouped under the headings "Negative", "Positive", "Fear" and "Terror". In order to determine the factors which effected the reactions to aerial bombardment, the report estimated the Japanese civilian experience of major disasters such as earthquakes, fires and tidal waves. Evidence about official and civilian response to the Doolittle Raids of 18 December 1942 is also included. Based on fragmentary evidence, this report was an attempt to determine the extent to which Japanese soldiers and civilians were demoralised by air raids. The report concluded that sustained and concentrated attacks produced fear and hysteria and that Line of Communication forces were more vulnerable to attack than more discipline and experienced front-line troops. While Allied air superiority had shaken faith in the invincibility of the Imperial Army, the Japanese people had experienced natural disasters in the past and were accustomed to privation and death. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:20 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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