JAPANESE MORALE
Signs Of Lowering Seen • » » *■ (By Telegraph.—Press -Assn.—Copyright.), (Special Australian Correspondent.) (Received May 7, 7 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 7. The defenders of Hollandia did not have the fanatical fighting spirit of the Japanese in earlier Pacific campaigns. More than 150 Japanese prisoners, a record number for any operation in the South-west Pacific, have been taken since the landing at Hollandia on April 22. This large number of willing captives represents a new defeatist attitude by Japanese soldiers, who are continuing to surrender in groups. The number of enemy dead counted at Hollandia is fewer than 700, and the high proportion of prisoners to casualties is regarded by observers as a sign that the unbroken series of Allied successes has lowered Japanese morale.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 188, 8 May 1944, Page 5
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123JAPANESE MORALE Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 188, 8 May 1944, Page 5
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