Digital Exhibits

'Desire for Peace Crushed' propaganda leaflet

A propaganda leaflet issued by the Allied Forces during World War II, soon after the battle for Okinawa in June, 1945. The leaflets were airdropped on the Japanese homeland. One side features an illustration of Japanese citizens heading to work. The other side is an appeal to the Japanese citizens to appeal to their leaders to stop the war. The intent of the leaflet was to drive a wedge between the Japanese people and the Japanese military leaders. The leaflet is numbered '148-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.

Allied Forces. South West Pacific Area. Psychological Warfare Branch

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

Leaflets dropped from aircraft

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

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda

Japan

English

Japanese

PUA_MS70_105

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

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