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Were There Any Anouncements Before the Air Raid?(8 of 21) Warning Paper about Air Raid, dropped from the sky

__ There were announcements before the NAGAOKA AIR RAID. Sheets of Paper were dropped from the sky. That warning paper listed names of cities which might be attacked in near future in one side, and in the other side of paper, there were comments in Japanese to get out of those cities and to end the war. __ The warning paper was dropped on Nagaoka three times. The first was on July 7, in which the name of NAGAOKA was not listed. The second was dropped on July 27, which added NAGAOKA as shown in the photo. But the third one on July 31, the day before of the air raid, did not list NAGAOKA. __ Japan's authorities prohibited citizens from possesing the paper nor telling to other people what was written in it. Citizens had to gather the paper and hand it to authorities. [PREVIOUS] [NEXT] [Top of "Nagaoka Air Raid"]