Poster, 'He's Coming South'

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Title

Poster, 'He's Coming South'

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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

1942

Creator

Department of Information (Australia)

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/777273

Related subjects

War / World War, 1939-1945 / paper / ink / political posters / photolithography / Australia

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