| Item title: | Weekly war news, 22 May |
| Title (romaji): | Senkyô shûhô |
| Title (kanji) | |
| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/12 J291) 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 J291 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
| Inst. sub-series: | |
| Item: | J291 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 2 pages, mimeographed copy and print |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/5/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | PROPAGANDA, LEAFLET DROPPING, PACIFIC WAR |
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| Allied unit names: | FAR EASTERN LIAISON OFFICE |
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| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Area: | Nagoya [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Aichi Prefecture] Okinawa (Ryûkyû) [Japan–Formosa] Tarakan [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), Borneo (Kalimantan)] |
| 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. It reports the intensifying bombing of mainland Japan, the continued fighting in Okinawa and the situation on Tarakan. 120,000 of them were printed. 60,000 of these leaflets were dispatched to Darwin, 32,000 to Torokina and 30,000 to Lae. All the dispatchments were made on 28 May 1945. |
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| Last modified: | 08/26/2005 12:14:04 PM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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