Nachrichten für die Truppe—#160—Allied PSYOPS airdrop newssheet/map—23 Sept 1944
£50
SKU: P-7-028349
Nachrichten für die Truppe [Messages for the Troops]—Sonnabend, 23. September 1944—Nr. 160—Schlacht um die Rheinbrücken [Battle for the Rhine bridges]
A 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.
Size 32 x 23 cm | 12.5 x 9.0 inches
Date Published: Sonnabend, 23. September 1944
Type: World War Two Allied psychological-warfare airdropped German language newssheets with map, 4 pages
Author: SHAEF Psychological Warfare Division
Publication: SHAEF Psychological Warfare Division
Condition: Good |
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