Psychological Warfare Branch (sold)
Psychological Warfare Branch (1944 – 1945) was a psychological warfare unit within the U.S. Army that operated in the closing months of the Pacific War against Japan. Similar to the Psychological Warfare Division in the European Theater, the PWB mostly produced leaflets to be dropped in large numbers from airplanes that were meant to demoralize the enemy, encouraging them to surrender, and to provide information on Allied victories to civilians. These efforts were influential on the development of psyops in the early Cold War, including their widespread employment during the Korean War.
American Psychological warfare in World War II.
生命線の危機 / [Lifeline Crisis], 次は日本？/ [Is Japan Next?].
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An extraordinary set of airborne propaganda leaflets, dating from 1944 and 1945, respectively, produced by the U.S. Army's Psychological Warfare Branch in the closing months of World War II. These highly ephemeral objects offer unique insight into American psychological warfare during World War II. They were distributed by air on the Home Islands to demoralize Japanese troops and civilians, convince them of the inevitability of an Allied victory, and encourage surrender. (more details)
サイパン陷落す！/ [Saipan Falls!].
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This is a 1944 airdrop propaganda leaflet produced by the U.S. Army's Psychological Warfare Branch. Meant to demoralize Japanese troops, it trumpets the Allies' seizure of Saipan and emphasizes the island's proximity to the Japanese home islands and other Japanese possessions, well within range of the devastating new B-29 Superfortress bombers. (more details)
Defeat is inevitable; resistance is futile.
太平戰爭の進展！次は？ / [The Progression of the Pacific War! What's Next?]. / 31-J-1.
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A 1945 American airdrop propaganda leaflet and map produced by the U.S. Army's Psychological Warfare Branch in the final months of World War II (1939 - 1945). Issued on the eve of the Battle of Okinawa, it transforms the relentless Allied advance across the Pacific into a stark psychological weapon, tracing the island-hopping campaign ever closer to the Japanese home islands. Combining cartography, battlefield photography, and carefully calculated messaging, the leaflet delivers an unmistakable warning to its Japanese audience: defeat is inevitable, and further resistance is futile. (more details)
Psy-ops WWII propaganda centered on Manila.
マニラ陥落の意義は / [The Significance of the Fall of Manila.]
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An extraordinary example of psychological warfare operations in the closing days of World War II, this leaflet-map of East Asia was prepared c. March 1945 by the U.S. Army to flaunt the retaking of Manila and demoralize Japanese troops. (more details)