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Rundell, Walter (1961). "Currency Control by the United States Army in World War II: Foundation for Failure". Pacific Historical Review. 30 (4): 381– 399. doi:10.2307/3636424. JSTOR 3636424. Walsh, Brian (June 2024). The "Rape" of Japan: The Myth of Mass Sexual Violence During the Allied Occupation. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1682479308.
A photographer kneels on a street littered with invasion money, Rangoon, 1945. Japanese invasion money, officially known as Southern Development Bank Notes (Japanese: 大東亜戦争軍票 Dai Tō-A Sensō gunpyō, "Greater East Asia War military scrip"), was currency issued by the Japanese Military Authority, as a replacement for local currency after the conquest of colonies and other states ...
Reason: Japan lost World War II. Ratio: The occupation currency became worthless. The value of the pre-occupation currency was restored. Preceded by: Sarawak dollar Location: present day Sarawak, Malaysia Reason: fall of Borneo in the hands of Japan in World War II. Ratio: at par with the Malayan dollar: Currency of the Kingdom of Sarawak 1942 ...
A Guide Book Of United States Paper Money: Complete Source for History, Grading, and Prices (Second Edition) Whitman Publishing ISBN 0-7948-2362-9; Simpson, MacKinnon (2008). Hawaii Homefront: Life in the Islands during World War II. Bess Press. ISBN 978-1-57306-281-7
Japanese military currency (Chinese and Japanese: 日本軍用手票, also 日本軍票 in short) was money issued to the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces as a salary. [ citation needed ] The military yen reached its peak during the Pacific War period, when the Japanese government excessively [ clarification needed ] issued it to ...
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. During World War II in the Philippines , the occupying Japanese government issued a fiat currency in several denominations; this is known as the Japanese government–issued Philippine peso (see also Japanese invasion money ). [ 1 ]
The Japanese government-issued rupee in Burma was a Japanese invasion money issued by the Japanese Military Authority, as a replacement for local currency during the Japanese occupation of Burma in the Second World War. The Japanese invaded Burma in January 1942. They conquered Mandalay on 21 May 1942, forcing the British to retreat into India ...
Additional World War II emergency currency was issued in November 1942 for circulation in Europe and Northern Africa. [33] Printed with a bright yellow seal, these notes ($1, $5, and $10) could be demonetized should the United States lose its position in the European or North African campaigns. [38]