Azad Hind, English edition, page 2 (Syonan/Singapore, 8 August 1945)
Page 2 of the English edition of Azad Hind for Wednesday 8 August 1945 (Syowa 20). A two-sentence Japanese Imperial General Headquarters communique on Hiroshima, headed 'Enemy Raids Hiroshima / Dai Honyei Communique', sits in the lower centre of the page; the rest of the page carries a statement by a Japanese Board of Information spokesman on Indonesian independence, a report of Anglo-American monetary rivalry, Chungking-Yenan fighting and cinema advertisements.
- Date
- August 8, 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 stackingSemantic hijacking
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (uploaded during the Subhas Chandra Bose 125th birth anniversary celebration), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Commons tags PD-Azad Hind, PD-SG-edition, PD-Japan; issued 1945)
Azad Hind (English edition), Vol. 2 No. 186, 8 August 1945, p. 2; via Wikimedia Commons
Text on the object
Page 2 AZAD HIND Wednesday, August 8, 2605, Syowa 20 Iguchi Hails Move For Indonesian Freedom Tokyo, August 8 (Domei)—Commenting on the establishment of a preparatory committee for East Indies independence which was made known today, Sadao Iguchi, Spokesman of the Board of Information declared this latest step to facilitate the independence of the East Indies and enable it to become a member of the family of free, independent nations of the world "follows one of the basic principles of our established policy—liberation of East Asia from imperialist western powers." [...] Anglo-U.S. Rivalry Seen In Bretton Woods Plan For International Monetary Control New Measures For U.S. Economic Domination Enemy Raids Hiroshima Dai Honyei Communique Tokyo, August 8 (Domei)—Dai Honyei revealed in a communique released at 3.30 p.m. yesterday afternoon as follows: "Firstly, considerable damage was caused in Hiroshima City as a result of an attack made by a small number of enemy B-29's yesterday August 6. "Secondly, enemy appears to have employed new-type bombs in this attack. However details are now under investigation." Potsdam Communique Set To Create More Confusion [remaining items and advertisements not transcribed]
Read from the 1280 px page image; the Hiroshima communique is transcribed in full as printed, the surrounding items by headline and first sentence only.
