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My grandfather once told me the story of a Nazi propaganda broadcast which attempted to damage British morale by (falsely) announcing the sinking of a "ship", o
by cperciva 12y ago
My grandfather once told me the story of a Nazi propaganda broadcast which attempted to damage British morale by (falsely) announcing the sinking of a "ship", only to backfire when they used the name of a stone frigate.
Unfortunately I can't find any reference online, so the story may be apocryphal; has anyone else heard this?
- funkyy 12y agoHow would this backfire? -by revealing the truth to soldiers in propaganda controlled media? -by not allowing for fake news to enter news circulation in Britain? -or maybe to try to uncover the truth in state owned German newspapers? I don't see any field for backfiring.
- Crito 12y agoBy making the Germans seem ridiculous to the British, rather than demoralizing the British.
- ableal 12y agoForgive me, but to me what sounds like propaganda is the story itself, as in "Ah ah, those dumb liars got caught" in a lie they never told ...
- rglovejoy 12y agoI recall that during the first Gulf War, Iraqi propaganda broadcasts were telling American servicemen that their wives and girlfriends back home were carrying on with Bart Simpson.
- madaxe_again 12y agoHere you go: http://www.ukings.ca/hmcs-kings-wardroom http://www.ukings.ca/hmcs-kings-wardroom They apparently claimed to have sunk.... a college. Edit: Also, http://www.secret-tunnels.co.uk/FwdH-Haw.htm http://www.secret-tunnels.co.uk/FwdH-Haw.htm Either it's apocryphal or the kriegsmarine had a knack for making silly announcements. I'm inclined to think the former, and that it was more likely black propaganda to make the enemy appear stupid.
- cperciva 12y agoReplying to myself since it's too late to edit: /r/AskHistorians came through with this: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/344o4f/ww2_german_propaganda_broadcast_to_uk_claimed/cqrbk7u http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/344o4f/ww2_ge...