Tsugi wa Nihon?
次は日本?
A propaganda leaflet originally issued by the Allied Forces during World War II after the invasion of Okinawa in 1945. The leaflets were designed to be airdropped on the Japanese homeland. Recto is a map showing the Allied forces closing in on the main islands of Japan. The verso states that the Ame...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Japanese |
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[Manila, Philippines] :
[Psychological Warfare Branch],
[1945]
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| Edition: | [Commemorative caption]. |
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| Summary: | A propaganda leaflet originally issued by the Allied Forces during World War II after the invasion of Okinawa in 1945. The leaflets were designed to be airdropped on the Japanese homeland. Recto is a map showing the Allied forces closing in on the main islands of Japan. The verso states that the American forces have been augmented by troops from Europe, warning that the war is progressing rapidly towards Japan. The intent of the leaflets was to lower Japanese morale. |
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| Item Description: | Leaflet no. "136-J-1". Recto has U.S. military 1 cent 'Four freedoms' postage stamp affixed, with official U.S. Navy postal handstamp matching the October 28, 1945 date. The back postmark, reads "U.S.S. Marvin H. McIntyre Br. New York, N.Y." also dated October 28, 1945 when transport ship was at sea in the western Pacific en route to Nagasaki, Japan, to take part in post-war Naval effort to bring home hundreds of thousands of American troops who were stranded across the Pacific Area. |
| Physical Description: | 1 flier : color, map ; 26 cm |