Patriotic Airplane Donation Movement - Patriotic Airplane Donation Movement

…During the Manchurian Incident, the Army received 4 million yen in relief donations, but the contributions were not always voluntary. In 1932, each prefecture launched a donation campaign called the Patriotic Airplane Donation Campaign, in which local government organizations, with the cooperation of veterans' associations and youth groups, semi-compulsorily allocated contributions from cities and towns to each household. Newspaper companies also competed to call for donations from the public. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Patriotic Airplane Donation Campaign" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…満州事変の際は400万円に及ぶ恤兵（じゆつぺい）寄付金が陸軍に寄せられたが，拠出は必ずしも自発的なものばかりではなかった。1932年に各府県が愛国飛行機献納運動と称して取り組んだ献金運動は，地方行政機構が在郷軍人会や青年団の協力のもとに市町村から各戸へと負担額を半強制的に割り当てたものであった。新聞社も競って国民に献金を呼びかけた。…

※「愛国飛行機献納運動」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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