--- title: Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 20 July 1945) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-07-20/ description: Front page of the English Azad Hind, 20 July 1945, under the masthead motto 'Unity Faith Sacrifice'. section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 20 July 1945)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-07-20.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-07-20.jpg) # Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 20 July 1945) Front page of the English Azad Hind, 20 July 1945, under the masthead motto 'Unity Faith Sacrifice'. The war items are Domei dispatches giving only Japanese-side tallies ('Over 1,000 foe troops blasted in Burma zone', 'All Ternate invaders virtually annihilated'), and the left-hand column promises 'Big Surprises in Store' and an India 'as a free country' in place of any stated evidence. ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` [handwritten, top] 558 26-25 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. 170. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2605, SYOWA 20 25 Cents [left column] TODAY and TOMORROW Big Surprises In Store The world is in ferment. Great changes in the political and military spheres are in the offing. The Big Three are in conference in Potsdam presumably to decide the fate of the world for generations to come. ... [headlines] Sikhstan Demanded If Muslim League Demand For Pakistan Is Granted Detailed Programme For Grand Variety Entertainment Tomorrow Soviet Russia May Ask For Representation On Board Of Suez Canal Co. Potsdam Conference Now Enters Second Phase Azad Hind Day To Be Observed On July 25 Hitler Still Alive? Startling Story About Mysterious Voyage To Argentina In German U-Boat British Probe Repelled In Myitkyo War Front Over 1,000 Foe Troops Blasted In Burma Zone Rift Between Chungking, Yenan Regimes Widens / Communist Party Convokes Own Conference Soviet Trade Delegation Leaves Moscow For U.S. All Ternate Invaders Virtually Annihilated 135 Enemy Planes Damaged In Kanto Dist. Russia Refuses Entry To American Newsmen ``` Read from the 960 px page image. Only the masthead, the headlines and the opening sentences of the left-hand column are transcribed; '...' marks omitted body text. Small print in the body columns is not reliably legible at this size. 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