Japanese propaganda leaflet, 1944 (c)

This leaflet makes reference to the Great Bengal Famine of 1943. Following the Japanese occupation of Burma, the Allied forces halted the movement of food in the Bengal region through fear that the Japanese might invade. At the same time large-scale exports of food from India for use in other war theatres and consumption in Britain continued.

This resulted in the deaths of over four million civilians. The leaflet depicts a British couple, possibly based on Winston Churchill and his wife, indulging in a lavish meal. Beneath the dinner table lay emaciated and starved Indians. The text in Hindi and Urdu reads 'Kill all the British who are sucking Indian blood'.