The Snapshots in Time Collection
Rakkasan News No. 6 - US Psychological Warfare Leaflet Newspaper, April 21, 1945
Rakkasan News No. 6, a Japanese-language propaganda leaflet dropped by Allied forces over Japanese-held territory during the Battle of Okinawa, April 1945. Designed to deliver accurate war news, including the death of President Roosevelt and the ongoing fighting on Okinawa, directly to Japanese troops and civilians, such leaflets were a key tool of Allied psychological warfare in the final months of the Pacific War. Project: 218236