'Northern Luzon Surrender Appeal' propaganda leaflet

Title

'Northern Luzon Surrender Appeal' propaganda leaflet

Description

A propaganda leaflet issued by the Allied Forces during World War II, soon after American forces gained control of Manila in March, 1945. The leaflets were airdropped to Japanese troops on the Philippine Islands, in the northern Luzon area. One side of the leaflet contains the standard surrender leaflet. The other side contains a message to Japanese troops about the desperate situation in which they find themselves. It gives instructions on how Japanese troops are to surrender and promises them humane treatment by the Americans and Filipinos. The intent of the leaflets were to induce the surrender of Japanese troops. It is numbered '108-J-1'. It 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_089

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