| Item title: | Surrender leaflet |
| Title (romaji): | Kôgun shôhei e |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J208) 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 J208 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J208 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 3 pages, mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 26/6/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PACIFIC WAR, PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING |
| Australian unit names: | |
| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
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| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) |
| Content: | This item is a Japanese-language propaganda leaflet produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office during the Second World War. An English translation of the text is attached. The message states that the war situation is hopeless for the Japanese and urges Japanese troops to surrender so as to serve their country in the future. The item includes two copies of the leaflet. 250,000 of them were printed. About 130,000 of these leaflets were dispatched to Nadzab on 21 and 26 July 1944 and 62,000 to Torokia on 17 December 1944. |
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| Last modified: | 01/11/2002 01:03:09 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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