Broadcast 1939-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
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English-language propaganda aimed straight at Allied troops and their families.
51 recordings · 5 broadcasters
Broadcast 1939-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1939-12-13. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-01-20. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-01-21. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-02-16. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-02-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-02-27. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-02-27. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-04-09. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-04-13. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-04-16. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-28. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-21. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-28. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1941-03-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
"This is a sound recording of a propaganda broadcast by 'Paul Revere' (Douglas Chandler, an American citizen) from the heart of Nazi Germany on the eve of the third anniversary of the Axis Pact. In the broadcast, Chandler lauded the Axis victories and castigated the opponents of world progress led by 'Churchill the Charlatan' and 'Roosevelt the Renegade.'"National Archives Identifier: 2188111
Broadcast 1941-12-28. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1942-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1942-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1942-01-01. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
The National Archives Collection
Ezra Pound's Remarks During An Italian Radio Broadcast
19 Feb 1942 · 38 min
"This is a sound recording of an Italian radio broadcast, including a 15 - minute speech by Ezra Pound entitled 'Power' in which Pound said: The President hath power. The President has no legal power to enter into devious and secret agreements with foreign powers...To send the boys from Omaha to Singapore to die for British monopoly and brutality is not the act of an American patriot."National Archives Identifier: 2194747
Broadcast 1942-04-29. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-01-01. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1943-05-18. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Lord Haw Haw Calling Invasion Forces Want To Be Happy
1 Jan 1944 · 3 min
Broadcast 1944-01-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1944-04-17. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1944-07-27. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
"This sound recording of a Berlin broadcast to Allied forces contained the war news report "Surpassing the Enemy's Head Start" by Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels; "Home Sweet Home" read by a Nazi commentator; and a program consisting of American music and comments by "Midge," Mildred Elizabeth Gillars, an American citizen dubbed "Axis Sally" by the American military."National Archives Identifier: 2292468
Broadcast 1944-08-14. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1944-08-14. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
"This sound recording captures a Japanese broadcast to Allied forces in the South Pacific. The broadcast contained music; war news and commentary; music with "Ann the Orphan," Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American dubbed "Tokyo Rose" by the American military; news from the United States, including news of the Presidential campaign; music; and commentary."National Archives Identifier: 2292471
Broadcast 1944-08-16. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1944-09-10. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-04-30. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
AMGH W V Thomas Mock Germany Calling Broadcast
4 May 1945 · 3 min
Broadcast 1945-05-04. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-06-15. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-09. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-08-11. Radio Tokyo. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Orphan Anne Performs Mock Sign Off For US Newsreels
20 Sep 1945 · 0 min
Broadcast 1945-09-20. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Orphan Anne Performs Mock Sign On For US Newsreels
20 Sep 1945 · 0 min
Broadcast 1945-09-20. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1945-11-01. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
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