Poster, 'The Enemy Listens'

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Title

Poster, 'The Enemy Listens'

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

On 7 December 1941, Japan launched a series of attacks on British and American territories in Asia and the Pacific. The attacks shocked the world, although fears about Japan's imperialist aims had in fact been growing for decades. This poster refers to the threat and fear of Japanese invasion of Australia during the Second World War (1939-45). It was assumed that the Japanese would continue their southward advance and invade and conquer Australia. Japanese authorities did briefly consider inv...

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Format

Image

Date created

Early 1940s

Creator

J. & W. Ross / Biz

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/714766

Related subjects

War / World War, 1939-1945 / printing ink / paper / political posters / offset lithography / Australia

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