| Item title: | South Pacific Weekly No.26 |
| Title (romaji): | Minami Taiheiyô Shûhô dai 26 gô |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J163) 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 J163 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J163 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 7 pages, mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 21/1/1944 |
| 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: | New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] New Ireland [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] |
| 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. Main events covered by the issue which is dated on 8 January 1944 include the sombre atmosphere of the New Year in wartime, Prime Minister TÔJÔ's New Year speech, the situation in the Philippines, the Allied landing on New Britain, the capture of Walingai by Australian forces, the Allied air attacks on Japanese positions in New Ireland and New Britain, the sinking of Japanese warships and commercial ships off Kavieng and the situation about Japan's home defence, The war situation in Russia, Italy and Yugoslavia are also mentioned. 40,000 of them were printed. |
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| Last modified: | 11/28/2001 04:15:28 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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