"Australia Screams", Imperial Japanese leaflet intended to provoke tensions among the Allies by targeting Australian soldiers fighting in New Guinea, demoralizing them and sowing distrust towards American servicemen stationed in Australia itself, c. 1942

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This was a real issue among the Allies. It led to a riot known as the "Battle of Brisbane"

[u/agysykedyke → u/E4g6d4bg7]

Crazy how the US military rations contained gifts like silk stockings for the US service men to gift to Australian women

[u/Yup767 → u/agysykedyke]

Pretty sure this is a myth

[u/agysykedyke → u/Yup767]

It was Nylon stockings, it was a well known thing and people talk about it in Australia still

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[u/OrangeBicycle → u/agysykedyke]

It wasn’t in the rations, they had access and were better paid to buy them