'Question Mark Series' propaganda leaflets

Title

'Question Mark Series' propaganda leaflets

Description

A series of three out of four propaganda leaflets issued by the Allied Forces during World War II after the battle for Okinawa in 1945. The leaflets were probably airdropped on the Japanese homeland, soon after the battle for Okinawa ended in June, 1945. Each leaflet contains a single question on the front and an illustration on the back. The leaflets are numbered '123A-J-1', '123B-J-1' and '123D-J-1'. They are 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

Is Part Of

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

Subject

Leaflets dropped from aircraft
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Sources
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda

Place

Japan

Language

English
Japanese

Identifier

PUA_MS70_104

Rights

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

Type

Still Image