Propaganda Leaflets Thread

>>31714857
We sure did bomb the shit out of those nips, didn't we?

>>31714857
August 6th, Kokura: "Noburo! This reafret dropped by round-eyes says Kokura may be bombed in a few days! Ret's go to Nagasaki for a few days!"

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>>31714857
"Soldiers of Finland!
Do not believe, soldiers, official lies about "defending fatherland". You aren't defending fatherland, but the war adventures of Erkko and Mannerheim. Great Socialistic Soviet Union doesn't want to steal small Finland's lands. As soon as Finland stops politics of hate against Soviet Union as well as damaging her security, the Soviet government will guarantee Finland not only peace, but also total independence and territorial integrity."

Why does this sound so familiar...Right, it sounds exactly like "Russia Today" when they talk about Finland today, I wonder why we are getting edgy about Russia's actions in recent years...

>>31717896
*Finnish soldiers!

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>>31717896
>I wonder why we are getting edgy about Russia's actions in recent years...

Because they seem to be fairly consistently attacking their neighbours for not exactly 'great' reasons and it keeps the demagogue in power by having Russians hating foreigners

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>>31714857
"VIENNESE!
Learn to know the Italians.
We are flying over Vienna; we could drop tons of bombs. All we are dropping on you is a greeting of three colors: the three colors of liberty.
We Italians do not make war on children, on old people, on women.
We are making war on your government, the enemy of national liberties, on your blind, stubborn, cruel government that can give you neither peace nor bread, and feeds you hatred and illusions.

VIENNESE!
You are famous for being intelligent. But why have you put on the Prussian uniform? By now, you see, the whole world has turned against you.
You want to continue the war? Continue it; it's your suicide. What do you hope for? The decisive victory promised to you by the Prussian generals? Their decisive victory is like the bread of Ukraine: You die waiting for it.
PEOPLE OF VIENNA, think of your own fates. Wake up!
LONG LIVE LIBERTY!
LONG LIVE ITALY!
LONG LIVE THE ENTENTE!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_over_Vienna

Got anymore? These are fascinating

>>31714857
>the military clique, which has enslaved the Japanese people
I see America was doing mental gymnastics as far back as WW2, what a load of shit.

>>31718402
Gee, it's almost like it was written on a propaganda leaflet or something.

>>31718402
You are saying that the japanese military were not de facto controlling japan?

If anyone has any arabic ones i can terpaderp for you.

Yeah hirohsima sure was ""humanitarian"" as shit wasn't it

>(((allied powers))), not even once

>>31717896
>Soviet Union doesn't want to steal small Finland's lands
Top fucking kek

>>31719010
>>>/pol/

>>31719010
>saved them from operation overlord
>saved them from becoming some bullshit Soviet Satellite State

Yeah, it was pretty fucking humanitarian

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>>31717931
>U with m8?

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>>31719010
>>31718402
ITT - People that never attended the 9th grade

>>31719010
http://www.stripes.com/blogs-archive/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/are-purple-hearts-from-1945-still-being-awarded-1.116756

>In 1945, the U.S. military expected up to 1 million casualties in the invasion of Japan, so the services stocked up on Purple Hearts. But Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings and Soviet invasion of Manchuria, leaving the services with hundreds of thousands of Purple Hearts that were no longer needed.

>As late as 1985, the Defense Logistics Agency still had about 120,000 refurbished Purple Heart sets dating back to World War II, said DLA spokeswoman Mimi Schirmacher.

>“There could be a small number of WWII-era medal sets still in the hands of military service customers and it is possible that recent and current issues of medals were made from stock produced in previous time periods,” Schirmacher said in an e-mail.

>>31719698
This might just be my milenial upbringing, but is this supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing?

>>31719782
A good thing. Japan back then was a colossal clusterfuck that would have killed a lot of people if it was invaded.

Nuking it wasn't a great affair, but compared to the other option (invasion) it saved a lot of lives. Therefore it's a good thing (they weren't going to surrender on their own anon).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall

>A study done for Secretary of War Henry Stimson's staff by William Shockley estimated that conquering Japan would cost 1.7–4 million American casualties, including 400,000–800,000 fatalities, and five to ten million Japanese fatalities. The key assumption was large-scale participation by civilians in the defense of Japan.

>In May, Admiral Nimitz's staff estimated 49,000 U.S casualties in the first 30 days, including 5,000 at sea

>Admiral Leahy, more impressed by the Battle of Okinawa, thought the American forces would suffer a 35% casualty rate (implying an ultimate toll of 268,000)

Compared to about 126,000 dead in the hiroshima and nagasaki bombings. the bombings were objectively the best option.

>>31719782
good thing, it reminds us that the nukes saved a lot more lives than they took

>>31719839
>>31719820
Ok, I thought it was a good thing, but I wasn't sure if that's what the article was trying to convey. That's some serious shit though if they had that many medals all ready to go for the invasion.

>>31718425
No one is implying the IJA didn't exert a deal of influence over the country, the use of the word 'enslaved' is just utter bullshit. The japs were no more '''''''''''''''''enslaved''''''''''''''''' than Queen Elizabeth currently 'enslaves' the British people. The Japanese people supported and actively participated in the war.

>>31719900
hardly anyone in the military knew the bombs even existed until they were dropped, everyone thought the invasion was going ahead - scary stuff

>>31719782
>Is it a good thing that people didn't die, or a bad thing?
>Help I am 25 years old and too fucking retarded to figure this out

Let me guess, you're with Her.

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>>31714857
>For South Korean soldiers who'll defect to North Korea:

>Rights of Republic citizens and freedom guaranteed
>Commendation, living guarantee money, prize money provided
>Free education from bachelor to fellowship
>Job, mediation of work, study abroad guaranteed
>high-class home, daily necessities given free of charge

>living guarantee money(in South Korean money)
>111,000,000 ~ 333,000,000 Won
>(1 Won back then was about 10 times the value today, so about 1000,000 ~ 3000,000 USD now)
>Prize money(in South Korean money)
>Up to 18,500,000,000 Won
>(about up to 160,000,000 USD now)
>- Democratic People's Republic of Korea Military Committee


>Let's go to Pyongyang for fulfilling life!
>(Photos of South Koreans who defected to North Korea)


>This is how they enjoy their leisure time
(Photos of North Korean tourist spots)

This is from late 1980s, when North Korea was economically better off than South Korea at the time.

>>31714857
I've always wondered why the US didn't choose some sort of explicitly military target. It was a showoff force anyway, so why not use it against a less morally scrupulous, as well as a more strategically significant target?

>>31719010
Why are /pol/tards also weaboos?

>>31720330
Because the Jews fear the samurai.

>>31717896
Gib spurdo Karelia

>>31722152
if only I could, I'd like a lake-side property on Ladoga on which to build a cabin complete with a sauna.

>>31720001
>implying I'm even 25
That's not what I was asking anyway, I was asking about the point of the article. Sometimes you can draw a different conclusion than the author based on the same evidence, and I was asking other anons if they could help me to discern the opinion conveyed in the article.

>>31717839
K E K

>>31720141

> I've always wondered why the US didn't choose some sort of explicitly military target. It was a showoff force anyway, so why not use it against a less morally scrupulous, as well as a more strategically significant target?

All these were actually addressed

> explicitly military target

Most had already been bombed, the US wanted to use it somewhere "pristine" so the Japanese government would understand the full power of the bomb. No point "rearranging rubble" with your first nuke.

> so why not use it against a less morally scrupulous

The alternate idea they had was to drop it in Tokyo bay, so everyone could see it. The argument against that was that there was a possibility that Japan wouldn't get strong enough of a message if they see it from 10 km away. The US will only have 3 bombs before end of the year so every one has to count.

> more strategically significant target

Most had been bombed, and the early nukes were not all that devastating to military targets. The over pressure could only knock down concrete within a fairly small radius. For that kind of thing, small targeted bombs are usually better.

The nukes were always political weapons first. With their limited number and power, you used it against political targets, since it's the politicians who decided when to surrender.

Has anyone actually seen one of these A-Bomb leaflets in person?

I collect WW2 memorabilia, especially Manhattan Project stuff, and I've never found one. I'd love to buy one if anyone can point me in the right direction.