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Black Propaganda in the Second World War

Author: Stanley Newcourt-Nowodworski

Written by a veteran of the Polish Home Army who was involved in Polish Underground propaganda, this survey of British, German and Polish Propaganda activities in the Second World War is illustrated with archive photographs and documents, many previously unpublished

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Print house: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Weight: 0.7 kg
ISBN: 075094207X / 9780750942072

Black propaganda appears over a fake signature, for example of a fictitious resistance organisation. In this book, 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.

Even before the outbreak of the Second World War, British and Polish intelligence had worked closely together on a number of key security issues that included the 'Enigma' machine and the German V-weapons programme. Following the occupation of their country, the Poles also became actively involved in the dissemination of black propaganda against Germany. hardback, 272 pp.