'Japanese Navy, Air Force Powerless' propaganda leaflet

Title

'Japanese Navy, Air Force Powerless' propaganda leaflet

Description

A propaganda leaflet issued by the Allied Forces during World War II. The leaflets were most likely dropped to Japanese troops and citizens in Japan in 1945. One side features an illustration of a Japanese city from the air, with one wing of a US plane visible in the upper left-hand corner. The other side states that the Japanese militarists are responsible for the war and that the American victory is imminent. The leaflets were intended to lower Japanese morale. The leaflet is number '134-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

1945

Is Part Of

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

Language

English

Japanese

Identifier

PUA_MS70_099

Subject

Leaflets dropped from aircraft

World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Sources

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda

Rights

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

Spatial Coverage

Japan

Type

Still Image