Black Propaganda in the Second World War

By Stanley Newcourt-Nowodworski

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Many of us are aware of 'Lord Haw-Haw' and his misinformation in World War II but what is not so well known is that the Allies were broadcasting in much the same way into Europe. This book shines a light on the 'black' radio stations, air dropped leaflets and the variety of disinformation that both sides were feeding to the civilian populations of their enemies.

In Black Propaganda in the Second World War, the author examines the 'black arts' of Britain, Poland and the Nazis during the Second World War. By 1939, Josef Goebbels had won the struggle for control of the propaganda process in Nazi Germany. In contrast, it took the arrival of Sefton Delmer in 1941 for anyone in Britain to understand how to use propaganda to subvert the German war effort. Through the shadowy Political Warfare Executive, the 'black' radio stations Delmer created lured German listeners with jazz and pornography (both banned), mixed with subversive rumours. Millions of 'black' leaflets - perfect forgeries of German documents, with subtly altered texts - were produced, their aim to encourage malingering, desertion and sabotage.

Black Propaganda looks at the variety of propaganda used in the Second World War and explains how British and Polish intelligence worked together on a number of key security issues, including the 'Enigma' machine and the German V-weapons programme.

Size 352pages, 198x129 mm
ISBN: 9780750995153