--- title: Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 22 February 1945) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-02-22/ description: Front page of the English Azad Hind, 22 February 1945. The Iwo Jima item 'Enemy Casualties Steadily Mounting In Iwoojima War' gives only Domei's… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 22 February 1945)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-02-22.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-02-22.jpg) # Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 22 February 1945) Front page of the English Azad Hind, 22 February 1945. The Iwo Jima item 'Enemy Casualties Steadily Mounting In Iwoojima War' gives only Domei's Japanese-side account, the left-hand column calls American confidence 'foolish', and the Udam Singh report speaks of 'British tyrants in India', a label standing in for argument, beside a portrait of the Azad Hind Fauj's chief of staff. ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` [handwritten, above masthead] 69 UNITY FAITH SACRIFICE AZAD HIND 161 & 163, Cecil St., Syonan. ENGLISH EDITION Tel. Nos. 3491 & 3492 Ext. 7 Organ of the Indian Independence League Headquarters. Vol. 2.—No. 44. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2605, SYOWA 20 7 Cents [left column] TODAY and TOMORROW Hastening The End WHEN the Americans landed on Iwoojima, that very night, American commentators and propagandists began to talk as if the Americans had overrun the Nippon mainland. ... [headlines] Enemy Casualties Steadily Mounting In Iwoojima War / Invaders Driven Back To Landing Points In Big Counter-Attacks Promoted To Rank Of Major-General [photo caption] His Excellency J. K. Bhonsle, Chief of Staff of Azad Hind Fauj who has been promoted to the rank of Major-General. This well-merited promotion of the popular Chief of Staff has been hailed by all ranks of the Indian National Army as well as by the general public. Large Crowd Sees Thrilling Drama On Udam Singh / Leaders Of Balak Sena Congratulated For Interesting Play Judicial Enquiry In Ill-Famed S. African Discriminatory Bill Central Assembly Passes Cut Motion By Majority Vote Coal Crisis In India Dislodges Vital War Effort Mahatmaji Protests Against Re-Arrest Of Indian Leaders ``` Read from the 960 px page image. Only the masthead, the headlines and the opening words of selected items are transcribed; '...' marks omitted body text. Small print in the body columns is not reliably legible at this size. 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