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Excerpts from Tsukji's pamphlet issued to the Southern Army in December 1941.

Preface

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The book is designed to be read quickly,without strain,in the cramped conditions of a transport vessel.


Chapter 1-The Campaign Area in South Asia-What is It Like?

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...four hundered and fifty million natives of the Far East live under the domination of less than eight hundred thousand whites..


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If Japan can master these areas,not only will she gain control of the oil and steel which she needs for herself,she will strike at America where it hurts most..


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This theater of war knows no seasons....Hence we call it a world of everlasting summer..


Chapter 2--Why Must We Fight?How Should We Fight?

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Treat the natives with kindness--but do not expect too much of them


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Respect Native customs


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Overseas Chinese...in the whole area there are some 5 million Chinese colonists...they have no enthusiasms outside the making of money.


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Be strong,correctly behaved,and self-controlled


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You may be killed in battle--but don't die of disease
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Chapter 3-by What Stages will the War Progress?

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..When the long and cramped voyage is over you must force a landing in the face of enemy resistance.Landing assaults have always,since ancient times,been held to be perilous undertakings,but our superbly trained,peerless Japanese Army has never yet registered a failure in any operation of this kind...


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The enemy forces in South Asia consist of forcibly recruited,hastily organised armies of natives with a hard core of white troops,and are not in the same class as the Chinese Army...


Chapter 4-What Are You to Do on the Ship?

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Keep your secrets..


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Settle your personal affairs in case of emergency


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Do not fall ill


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Prevent seasickness


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Be kind to the horses


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Do not waste water


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Precautions against fire


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What to do in an aerial or submarine attack


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..ammunition--you must not throw this into the sea on the excuse that it makes you too hot or careslessly forget it

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Chapter 5-The Landing Assault

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Direct fire from the landing craft


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Plunge bodly into the water


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To reach the land is victory


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do not throw away life jackets


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make sure damp weapons do not rust



Chapter 6-Marching Through the Tropics

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water is your savior...the amount of water necessary for one day varies according to the heat,but you must reckon that..one man will consume ten liters and one horse sixty litres..


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Sleep well,eat well


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Tires on motor vehicles and bicycles swell in the heat:engines beome overheated




Chapter 7-Camp in the Tropics

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Do not freeze in bed in the early mornings...change into dry clothes before settling down at night


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Native settlements are nests of fleas,bedbugs and infectious diseases


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Temples and mosques...do nothing to offend the religious susceptibilities of the deeply superstitious native population...


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Do not let your weapons be stolen
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Chapter 8-Scouting and Sentry Duty

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..When you stand sentry...accept the full weight of your responsibility as guardian of the Army's safety.




Chapter 9-The Battle

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When you encounter the enemy after landing,regard yourself as an avenger come at last face to face with his father's murderer...


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Westerners--being very superior people,very effeminate and very cowardly--have an intense dislike of fighting in the rain,or in the mist,or at night...


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sweat running into the eyes...bind a cloth about the temples beneath the steel helmet,that the sweat may be absorbed before reaching the eyes...



Chapter 10-Anti-Gas Precautions

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..there is a possibility that the present enemy,unlike the Chinese army,may use gas.If you discard your respirator as being a nuisance,it cannot help you in your time of need...


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Chapter 11-For Signal Troops

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...since the strong rays of the sun have an over-stimulating effect on the eyes,it is essential for the signaler to wear protective glasses...



Chapter 12-For Motorised Troops

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..If a man can pass,so can a motor vehicle...


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...motor vehicles get through by determination.Force your way ahead,even if you have to carry the thing on your shoulders...



Chapter 13-Cherish Your Weapons

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...rifles,like soldiers,dislike the heat.When soldiers rest they should give their rifles a rest too,offering them,in place of water,large drinks of oil...




Chapter 14-Provisions

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...since the natives defecate and urinate quite freely in all lakes and streams,and even the water which the natives use for drinking is full of germs,it is safest to drink only water which has been properly purified by filtering...



Chapter 15-Hygiene

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...a tropical campaign is a war waged against a whole army of diseases...


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How do you contact malaria!


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What is sunstroke!


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Do not be bitten by snakes



Chapter 16-Hygiene for Horses

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....value your horses..Horses cannot speak.No matter how hot it is,nor how thristy or tired they may be,they do as they are told and work until they die.They deserve your symphaty and loving care...


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Chapter 17-Movement in Special Terrain

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Movement in bamboo groves...the terrible noise of enemy bullets crashing through the bamboos can have a demoralising effect upon troops..


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Movement in jungle...this type of terrain is regarded by the weak spirited Westerners as impenetrable,and for this reason--in order to out maneuver them--we must from time to time force our way through it...


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Movement in sugarcane plantations...very similar to the kaoliang fields of Manchuria...


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Movement in marshy land and paddy fields...it is often best for each man to be equipped with snowshoes and poles...



Chapter 18-Conclusion

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...at stake in the present war,without a doubt,is the future prosperity or decline of the Empire.Slowly,little by little,like a man strangling his victim with a soft cord or silken floss,America has been prohibiting the export to Japan of oil and steel...Five years have passed since the outbreak of the China Incident.More than a hundred thousand of your comrades have perished on the mainland,and the greater part of the armamaents with which Chiang Kai-shek killed those men were sold to him by England and America...The umbilical cord of the Chungking regime runs to England and America.If this is not speedliy cut,the Sino-Japanese war will drag on endlessly....the final reckoning of our holy crusade will come on the battlefields ahead...

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