[WORLD WAR II INDONESIAN EPHEMERA].

Dari Negeri Serikat. Perkabaran Boelan.<BR> [From the Allies. Monthly News].

November, 1944. Stock ID #176612

Four page brochure, single sheet with vertical fold, double page map of Southeast Asia with areas of Allied control highlighted in red. Occasional light soiling, centre horizontal fold, very good copy of a scarce item of WWII ephemera. 23 x 16cm.

World War II propaganda leaflet in Indonesian, purportedly from the Allied powers, most likely distributed within the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies.

Covers news of Allied victories within the Pacific and European theatres of war, with particular emphasis given to the failures of Japanese and German forces. Japanese forces in the Philippines are said to be starved of supplies thanks to the efforts of the US Navy, while German forces in the Netherlands and West Germany are also said to be experiencing a collapse in morale and becoming increasingly reliant on the drafting of unarmed civilians.

For balance, the very few Japanese victories in Guangxi are mentioned, but are dismissed as being of little actual strategic value. The intensified bombing campaigns of the US Air Force are noted as a deciding factor in wearing down the Axis powers' capacity for continuing the war. Successful bombing runs of Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Nanjing, Balikpapan, Makassar and Borneo are highlighted.

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