Nazi Radio Propaganda ww2 Part 1 of 2

Throughout the Second World War, psychological warfare, in the form of radio propaganda, was a tool extensively used by the Third Reich.
The Nazi Ministry of Propaganda, headed by Josef Goebbels, sent daily foreign language broadcasts into enemy territories disguised as news.
The broadcasts were intended to contribute to the lowering of morale among the general public and the armed forces of the target countries.

The Germans employed English men and women to broadcast to Britain, as propagandists needed to know British cultural symbols and idioms to be effective communicators. The British announcer Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) was the most notorious.

Although Nazi opposition to "degenerate" jazz music was a well-advertised fact, the regime recognized its propaganda value in reaching foreign audiences, and the broadcasts contained large doses of musical sizzle and hipster allure. Featuring many of Germany's finest jazz players, combining hit parade savvy with modified pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic lyrics, the Nazis served up cover versions of the latest American and British swing sensations, creating a body of work that (in spite of its lyrical content) attracted a huge global radio audience, well into the millions.

This video contains examples of the Nazi Shortwave and AM transmissions to North America and the United Kingdom.
While most broadcasts were identified as being from "the Fuhrer's headquarters - the German supreme command", others were made to look as if they had originated in the UK, masquerading as pirate stations set up by groups of disgruntled British civillians.

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