| Item title: | South Pacific Weekly No.21, 4 October |
| Title (romaji): | Minami Taiheiyô Shûhô dai 21 gô |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J121) 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 J121 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J121 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages, mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 19/10/1943 |
| 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: | Wewak Madang Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea] Finschhafen Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula] Solomon Islands [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] |
| Content: | This item is a Japanese-language propaganda newspaper produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office during the Second World War. An English translation of the text is attached. This issue which is dated on 4 October 1943, covers the latest news from Japan, such as the death of NAGATA Hidejirô and the amalgamation of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the proposal to establish the Ministry of Munitions. The bulletin also reports the advance of the Allied Forces in New Guinea, the landing of the Australians near Finschhafen, the attacks on the Japanese airfields atCape Gloucester, Gasmata and Finschhafen, the failed air attack of the Japanese naval planes, the bombing of Japanese airfields in the Wewak area, the Allied attack on the Gilbert Islands, the capture of the Ellice Islands and the attack on a Japanese convoy in Bougainville Straits. It also touches on the situation in Europe, including the defeat of Germany in Russia and the fall of major cities in Italy. 100,000 of them were printed. |
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| Last modified: | 01/29/2002 12:14:01 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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