--- title: Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 16 April 1945) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-04-16/ description: Front page of the English Azad Hind, 16 April 1945. The lead 'Pres. Roosevelt's Sudden Death Held Irreparable Loss To Anglo-Saxons' is credited to Netaji… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 16 April 1945)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-04-16.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-04-16.jpg) # Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 16 April 1945) Front page of the English Azad Hind, 16 April 1945. The lead 'Pres. Roosevelt's Sudden Death Held Irreparable Loss To Anglo-Saxons' is credited to Netaji (Bose) himself, 'Enemy's Colossal Loss In Ships In Okinawa Waters' and '49 Enemy Super Forts Shot Down Over Tokyo In Indiscriminate Raid' report Japanese-side tallies only, and the left-hand column calls the Allies' policies 'imperialistic' in place of evidence. ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` [handwritten, above masthead] 443 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. 87. MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2605, SYOWA 20 7 Cents [left column] TODAY and TOMORROW Blow To Anglo-U.S. "HOW does Roosevelt's death affect the world outlook?" The death of President Roosevelt is, beyond question, an irreparable blow to the anti-Axis Powers. ... [headlines] Enemy's Colossal Loss In Ships In Okinawa Waters / 326 Warcraft Either Sunk Or Damaged Since Start Of Invasion Operations PRES. ROOSEVELT'S SUDDEN DEATH HELD IRREPARABLE LOSS TO ANGLO-SAXONS Nobody Else In Anti-Axis Camp Can Replace Him, Declares Netaji Br. Government Can't Set Things Right In India / Only Govt. Of Responsible Indian Leaders Can Solve Problems Foe Forces In Okinawa Front Repulsed; Twelve Ships Sunk, Damaged 49 Enemy Super Forts Shot Down Over Tokyo In Indiscriminate Raid U.S. War Casualties Nearing 900,000 Mark Enemy Vehicles Blasted In Central Burma Sector ``` 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. [← Still from "Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei" (Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors), Japanese navy-sponsored animated feature](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/momotaro-sacred-sailors-film-still-1945/) [Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 20 July 1945) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-07-20/) ## Using the same techniques - [Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abydos-king-list-ramesses-ii-temple-british-museum/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). Content note: Shows bound captives before the king, and the inscription records the mutilation and public execution of rebel leaders, as the king's own account. - [Tomb of Darius I at Naqsh-e Rustam: the king in relief beside his inscription DNa, c. 490 BCE](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dna-inscription-darius-i-naqsh-e-rustam-490bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Testimonial, Card stacking) - [Line drawing of the Great Kadesh battle relief on the walls of the Ramesseum, from Breasted's History of Egypt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kadesh-relief-ramesseum-breasted-drawing-1275bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer). 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Content note: An Assyrian palace relief of troops storming a fortified city, with a file of figures below; Assyrian royal reliefs and texts record killing, mutilation and deportation, shown as carved, with the historical context and scholarly dispute on the regime page. - [Colour lithograph of the Latin text of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti on the wall of the temple of Roma and Augustus at Ancyra, with the heading in large letters (Perrot, Guillaume and Delbet, 1872)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lithograph-res-gestae-ancyra-heading-0014/) (Roman Empire · 0014 · Card stacking, Glittering generalities) - [Silver denarius of Vespasian, reverse IVDAEA with a trophy of arms and a seated mourning woman](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/denarius-vespasian-judaea-capta-0070/) (Roman Empire · 0070 · Card stacking). 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