| Item title: | Pictorial leaflet - the story in pictures of Japanese shipping losses |
| Title (romaji): | Shashintsuki chirashi - Nihon senpaku sôshitsu shashinshû |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J222) 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 J222 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J222 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 3 pages, print and mimeographed copy |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 24/8/1944 |
| 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: | Palau Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] New Ireland [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape Wewak Area] |
| Content: | This item is a pictorial propaganda leaflet produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office during the Second World War. An English translation of the text and captions is attached. The leaflet includes a number of pictures depicting the naval losses of Japan in the Pacific. The main text warns Japanese soldiers that it is not possible to continue modern warfare in the Pacific without ships and air support. It also states that garrisons on the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, the Marshalls and the Marianas were sacrificed uselessly. 200,000 of them were printed. 85,500 of these leaflets were dispatched to Hollandia during 5 to 23 October 1944, 16,000 to Biak on12 October 1944, and 116,000 to Darwin between 4 and 24 December 1944. The item was reprinted as J229. |
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| Last modified: | 01/11/2002 01:06:36 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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