WWII anti-Japan Propaganda

'Abandoned' propaganda leaflet

A propaganda leaflet issued by the Allied Forces during World War II after the return of General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippine Islands in 1944. The leaflets were probably airdropped to the Japanese troops in the Philippines, soon after General MacArthur landed in October, 1944. The leaflet explains the dire situation the Japanese troops are in and urges them not to fight alone in the mountains, but to surrender. The intent of the leaflet was to demoralize Japanese troops by pointing out their weaknesses, with the hope of inducing their surrender. The leaflet is numbered '6J1'. 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--Philippines--Sources

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda

Philippines

English

Japanese

PUA_MS70_026

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