Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 23 February 1945)
Front page of the English Azad Hind, 23 February 1945. The lead 'American Forces Driven Out Of Meycauayen In Slashing Nippon Attack' and 'Two Foe Carriers & Warcraft Sunk Off Iwoojima' carry only Japanese-side claims, while the left-hand column is headed 'Sham Atlantic Charter' and the right-hand lead pairs a named mission with 'Plunder Of India' as settled fact.
- Date
- February 23, 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Indian Independence League Headquarters (Azad Hind, organ of the League, printed in Japanese-occupied Singapore, called Syonan)
- Region
- South Asia
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Leader
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- Audience
- Diaspora or minority
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Card stackingName-calling
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (uploaded during the Subhas Chandra Bose 125th birth anniversary campaign), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Commons tags PD-Azad Hind, PD-Singapore, PD-Japan; issued 1945)
Azad Hind (English edition), Vol. 2 No. 45, 23 February 1945; via Wikimedia Commons
Text on the object
[handwritten, top] 63 [red mark, illegible] 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. 45. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2605, SYOWA 20 7 Cents [left column] TODAY and TOMORROW Sham Atlantic Charter IN answer to a question in the British House of Commons on Wednesday, Winston Churchill is reported to have stated that the Atlantic Charter is a guide, and not a rule. ... [headlines] Two Foe Carriers & Warcraft Sunk Off Iwoojima / Enemy Losses Mounting Hourly As Battle For Iwoojima Continues AMERICAN FORCES DRIVEN OUT OF MEYCAUAYEN IN SLASHING NIPPON ATTACK Manila War Situation Favourable; Foe Forces Now Being Threatened Big Casualties Inflicted On Foe 36th Division In Myitson Sector Hydari Mission Set To Tighten Plunder Of India / India Government Faces Further Defeats In Central Assembly
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.
