Episode 7: Broadcasting to the Enemy in WWII
Episode description
This episode is a 3 in 1! We talk about 3 distinct characters broadcasting to enemy soldiers during WW2. William Joyce, aka Lord Haw Haw, a seemingly confused Irishman with a pretty serious alcohol problem. Mildred Gillers, aka Axis Sally, a failing, racist actress, who would be labelled as particularly stupid by the FBI, and Iva Toguri D'Aquino aka Tokyo Rose, someone who found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, trying to survive in Wartime Tokyo.
All of them are utilised by the Nazi regime and Imperial Japan during the conflict to varying degrees of success.
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History Flakes LIVE RECORDING JULY 20TH 18.30, Comedy Cafe Berlin
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Mixed and Produced by Alex Griffiths
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Sources:
Jill Lepore, The Last Archive, season 2, episode 3, The Inner Front
Stuff You Missed in History Class: Tokyo Rose.
RTE Radio 1: Lord Haw Haw.