Radio Deutschland was a radio station in the UK during World War II that broadcast
propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded ...
to the German nation and its armed services. The station was broadcast on a frequency close to well-known German radio stations, so German people would tune in by accident, and be lulled into its content. Many German people believed it was a real German radio station.
See also
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Radio 1212
Radio 1212 or Sender 11212 or Nachtsender 1212 was a black propaganda radio station operated from 1944 to 1945 by the Psychological Warfare Branch of the US Office of War Information (OWI) under the direction of CBS radio chief William S. Paley, ...
References
* ''Unsung Heroes: The Twentieth Century's Forgotten History-Makers'' ,
Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom
Military deception during World War II
British propaganda organisations
World War II propaganda radio stations
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