160904-0045 - WWII Propaganda Postcard

Japanese wartime propaganda from the late 1930s with an illustration of people wearing gas masks.

Card 4 of a series of 7 postcards intended to promote home front civilian support for the Japanese military.

Japanese text:

『防空日本』
うなれプロペラ
翼の日本
守れ　大ぞら
我らの務め
ガスだ！
マスクだ！
そら防げ！

English translation:

“Japan’s Air Defense”
Let the propellers roar
Wings of Japan
Defending the sky
is our duty
It’s gas!
Get your mask!
Protect yourself!