???? [Asahi shinbun] [Asahi Newspaper]

[JAPANESE WORLD WAR II NEWSPAPER - SINGAPORE].

Verlag: Asahi shinbun. Showa 17. [January 18,1942]., Tokyo, 1942

Beschreibung

4 page broadsheet newspaper folded, evenly browned. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, very good copy. 54 x 41cm. Main headline: "Closing in on Singapore Vanguard: Rear-guard of Defeated British Army Cut Off; Battle of Annihilation in Johor". Other headlines include: "Occupation of Strategic Territory of Batu Anam; Australian 8th Division Crushed", (followed by an account of fighting between Japanese and Australian forces in Malaya); "Main Enemy Position Cut Off: Battle of Annihilation on the Bataan Peninsula Heats Up"; "Steady Advance by Road: Imperial Army's Fierce Attack on West Coast" (followed by account of Japanese advances in Malaya, with map); "British Cabinet Restructured"; "US Said to Be Sending Troops to Northern Ireland". Front page has photos of Japanese soldiers standing in front of the monument to Jose Rizal in Manila, and of a column of Japanese soldiers advancing by bicycle along a road on the Bataan Peninsula. Articles on the inside pages include discussions of plans to increase production of shipping to meet war needs and of a meeting of Latin American countries to discuss the world situation. Several articles on the back page emphasise material and spiritual preparations being made in Japan for a "long war". The back page also includes an interesting article criticizing US and British propaganda and "misreporting" of the war situation. All text in Japanese. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 159896

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ???? [Asahi shinbun] [Asahi Newspaper]

Verlag: Asahi shinbun. Showa 17. [January 18,1942]., Tokyo

Erscheinungsdatum: 1942