'Truth of Leaders' propaganda leaflet

Title

'Truth of Leaders' propaganda leaflet

Description

A propaganda leaflet issued by the Allied Forces during World War II after the return of General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippine Islands. The leaflets were probably airdropped on the Philippine Islands to Japanese troops still fighting, soon after General MacArthur landed in October, 1944. It uses excerpts from Tokyo radio broadcasts dated between 1942-1943, in which reports stated multiple times over the course of two years that the American fleets had been destroyed. The leaflet calls into question the reports that the Japanese troops had been receiving from their leaders. It was meant to induce the surrender of Japanese troops by driving a wedge between troops and military leaders. The leaflet is numbered '9J1'. The leaflet is accompanied by an official description and translation of the text into English. This is one item from a scrapbook of propaganda leaflets and related materials that was compiled by the Psychological Warfare Branch of the Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. The scrapbook belonged to Colonel Karl F. Baldwin of the United States Army, who helped establish the propaganda program. It contains approximately 200 pieces of propaganda, mostly in Japanese, that were intended for distribution in the Philippines, Japan, and other nearby areas.

Creator

Allied Forces. South West Pacific Area. Psychological Warfare Branch

Date

1944-1945

Is Part Of

Psychological Warfare Branch Scrapbook of American Propaganda Leaflets (MS.70)

Language

English

Japanese

Identifier

PUA_MS70_028

Subject

Leaflets dropped from aircraft

World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Sources

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Spatial Coverage

Philippines

Type

Still Image