160904-0046 - WWII Propaganda Postcard

Japanese wartime propaganda from the late 1930s with an illustration of a train full of soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army waving Japanese flags.

Card 5 of a series of 7 postcards intended to promote home front civilian support for the Japanese military.

Japanese text:

『後は頼むぞ』
お國のために盡すは今ぞ
往け！
往け！
心を残すな！
後は俺らが引き受けた。
俺らは田圃の国民兵だ！

English translation:

“I Entrust You”
Now for the sake of our country
Go!
Go!
Don’t leave your heart home!
We will look after everything here
We are the home guard!