Chûbu Taiheiyô oyobi Indoyô jô no senka [Convoy disasters in Central Pacific and Indian Oceans].

Accession Number RC05116
Collection number Leaflets Collection (Far Eastern Liaison Office Leaflets) J225
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 21.5 x 13.9 cm
Object type Leaflet
Maker Far Eastern Liaison Office
Date made 15 September 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 leaflet produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) during the Second World War. This leaflet is written in Japanese and was distributed to Melanesia and the Netherlands East Indies. An English translation of the text is attached. The leaflet reports the sinking of 32 Japanese coastal ships and 20 sampans off the Philippines and the attack on the Japanese convoy carrying supplies to their forces in Burma by the Australian Air Force. The message warns the recipient that the Japanese High Command is being forced to abandon its garrisons in the South due to these shipping losses.