C. Emerson Woolever Psychological Warfare Branch propaganda leaflet scrapbook, 1943-1945.

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C. Emerson Woolever Psychological Warfare Branch propaganda leaflet scrapbook, 1943-1945.

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The volume contains original U.S. Army propaganda leaflets issued during World War II in the Southwest Pacific. Almost every leaflet is accompanied by a documentation sheet in English which includes a translation of the text; there are some leaflets without translation text, and some text without the leaflet. The cover illustration is Peace has come in Europe - Leaflet 28-J-1 (announced that the war in Europe had ended and peace had returned to war torn Europe. The intention was to create nostalgia in the minds of the Japanese who are continuing to feel the destruction and privation of war.) Includes leaflets in the J-1 series (23), J-3 (3), J-6 (5), J-25 (1), F-1 (1), F3 (2), F-8 (1), and F-11 (1); confidential report no. 15 (5 Aug. 1945); parachute newspaper, "Rakkasan News," 14 July 1945; a mimeographed typescript of a speech delivered by General Patton before the European invasion; a page of sixteen psychological warfare objectives; and typical Japanese leaflets directed to Allied troops (11), and to Filipinos (10).

33 p. ; 26 cm.

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United States. Army. Forces, Pacific. Psychological Warfare Branch

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The Psychological Warfare Branch of the United States Armed Forces was a military unit that created and distributed propaganda during the Second World War. The Southwest Pacific office, which was located in Australia, dealt with the Phillippines, Japan, Southeast Asia and other nearby areas. They printed millions of propaganda leaflets and had them air-dropped into conflict zones. Many of the leaflets targeted Japanese readers, though some were created for other local civilian popul...

Woolever, C. Emerson (Charles Emerson)

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Before invading the Philippine Islands in 1944, General Douglas MacArthur formed the first Psychological Warfare Branch within the Southwest Pacific Area of the U.S. military forces. The first set of leaflets was designed to encourage the resistance of the Philippine population. The branch created a second series of leaflets in an attempt to weaken the morale of the Japanese troops in the area and urge them to surrender. A third propaganda campaign targeted Japanese civilians in Jap...