{"product_id":"nachrichten-fur-die-truppe-137-allied-psyops-airdrop-newssheet-map-31-aug-1944-p-7-028344","title":"Nachrichten für die Truppe—#137—Allied PSYOPS airdrop newssheet\/map—31 Aug 1944","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eNachrichten für die Truppe [Messages for the Troops]—Donnerstag, 31. August 1944—Nr. 137—Reims und Rouen gefallen [Reims and Rouen have fallen]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA four-page issue, illustrated with maps, of Nachrichten für die Truppe, an Allied psychological-warfare propaganda newssheet produced in German and aimed at enemy troops during the final year of the Second World War, with the purpose of undermining German morale. Initiated by SHAEF’s Psychological Warfare Division, with British and American involvement, it was designed to resemble a Wehrmacht military newspaper while combining accurate war reporting with demoralising “grey” propaganda. Published daily from April 1944 to May 1945, the paper reported the rapid advance of Allied and Soviet forces, German retreats and disruption on the home front. Copies were distributed by air by the U.S. Eighth Air Force’s Special Leaflet Squadron, based at Cheddington, Buckinghamshire. This example was acquired from the La Valette Underground Military Museum, Guernsey, and is understood to have been dropped over German-occupied Guernsey in 1944, making it an evocative Channel Islands occupation survival.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53281283211611,"sku":"P-7-028344","price":41.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028344a.jpg?v=1780600524","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/products\/nachrichten-fur-die-truppe-137-allied-psyops-airdrop-newssheet-map-31-aug-1944-p-7-028344","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}