WWII anti-Japan Propaganda

'Planes' propaganda leaflet

A propaganda leaflet issued by the Allied Forces in 1944 during World War II. The leaflets were probably airdropped to the Japanese troops on the Philippine Islands soon after General MacArthur returned in October, 1944. One side features an image of the sky filled with allied planes. The leaflet asks the question 'Only American Eagles are in the sky. Why?'. The other side of the leaflet instructs the Japanese troops to think about the planes that have been visible in the sky. The intent of these leaflets was to demoralize Japanese troops by pointing out their weaknesses, with the hope of inducing their surrender. The leaflet is numbered '3J6'. 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.

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--Philippines--Sources

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda

Philippines

English

Japanese

PUA_MS70_018

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