Radio Tokyo Says, 18-21 March 1945 claims, as quoted in a U.S. Army intelligence bulletin
A boxed 'Brief' in a U.S. Army intelligence bulletin quotes a Radio Tokyo intercept of 23 March 1945: Japanese air attacks on the Allied task force 'confirmed sunk' 5 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships and 3 cruisers, with about 180 planes shot down, against 150 own planes 'not yet returned' and 'slight damage' on the ground. The claimed enemy losses are itemised; own-side damage is given in one qualitative phrase.
- Date
- April 6, 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Radio Tokyo (Japanese state broadcasting), as intercepted and quoted by Headquarters, United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (Intelligence Bulletin No. 13)
- Region
- East Asia
- Country
- Empire of Japan
- Medium
- Document
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Showa Japan
- Leader
- Hideki Tojo
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Card stacking
- Leader
- Hideki Tōjō
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Internet Archive (US Army Combined Arms Research Library digitisation of USAFPOA Intelligence Bulletin No. 13, 6 April 1945), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. Army work, declassified; Internet Archive PD Mark 1.0); quoted Radio Tokyo text
Headquarters, United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, Intelligence Bulletin No. 13, 6 April 1945; digitised by the Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, via the Internet Archive
Text on the object
[page header, partly obscured by stamp] SPECIAL ASSAULT AIR UNITS [box, BRIEFS] RADIO TOKYO SAYS "The Japanese Air Force from 18 Mar to 21st in its attacks against the enemy task force confirmed sunk: 5 regular aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, one warship of unknown type; shot down: approximately 180 planes, 150 of our planes have not yet returned. Slight damage was done to our ground facilities and to our [partly obscured]ities." (Radio Tokyo Intercept, 23 Mar 45) (RESTRICTED) [page number] - 24 -
Text above the box (a translated Japanese pamphlet extract and a dive-path sketch) is not transcribed. 'cities' is partly overprinted by the UNCLASSIFIED stamp. Original is English; no translation needed.
