Digital Exhibits

'Red Army Strikes' propaganda leaflet

A propaganda leaflet issued by the Allied Forces during World War II after the Soviet Union declared war on Japan in 1945. The leaflets were probably airdropped on the Japanese homeland, soon after the Soviet Union declared war on Japan in August, 1945. One side features an illustration of an American soldier and a Soviet Union soldier shaking hands, with Japan at their feet. The other side describes the Soviet Union's power and the foolishness of the Japanese militarists for not surrendering. The intent of this leaflet was to drive a wedge between the Japanese citizens and the Japanese militarists. The leaflet is numbered '144-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_108

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

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