Minami Taiheiyô jihô dai 34 gô [South Pacific News Bulletin No. 34].

Accession Number RC05103
Collection number Leaflets Collection (Far Eastern Liaison Office Leaflets) J210
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 19 x 12cm
Object type Leaflet
Maker Far Eastern Liaison Office
Date made 28 June 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Description

A propaganda newspaper produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) during the Second World War. The item is written in Japanese and was distributed to Melanesia, North and South Pacific. An English translation of the text is attached. This issue is dated 24 June 1944 and reports the death of Nakazato Kaizan, the bombing of Kyûshû, the air raids on the Bonin Islands and the Marianas, the landing of American troops on Saipan and the bombing of the mainland Japan by B-29 bombers. It also discusses the war situation in Burma and in Europe, and the Japanese naval losses to the end of 1944.