Operation Annie broadcasts

Identifier: irn722297
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
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Operation Annie (also known as "1212", the frequency on which it broadcasts) was a covert Allied "black propaganda" radio station which began broadcasting in late 1944 from a secret location in Luxembourg and purported to be pro-German, playing patriotic traditional German songs. Over a period of 127 broadcasts, the station built up a loyal following of both German civilians and soldiers. By early 1945, the Allied forces were advancing on Germany and, under instruction from General Dwight Eisenhower, the radio station began broadcasting false information about Allied positions and implied a major assault into Germany was under way. This had the intended effect of making German civilians flee from their homes, which in turn hampered the retreat of the German army. Source: http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Operation_Annie_(1946)

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Operation Annie - December 5, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722547
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
TRACK 1 0:01: News for the population of Rhineland: Max Weber was sentenced by the local court to 7 moths in jail because he first refused to take in women and children who had been fleeing from the Rhineland into his spacious stables. 0:25: Eisenhower requests foreign workers in the Third Reich to leave their work to hide somewhere and try to take part in the resistance against the German government. The ministry of Propaganda doesn’t take Eisenhower’s decree seriously, because exceedingly few foreign workers are able to leave their work and take part. 0:46: The court in Hamburg has senten...
Operation Annie - December 6, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722548
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
0:04-1:50: "Trojan Horse" theme (Radio Luxembourg signature tune). Organ. 1:51-2:13: General introduction of Radio 1212. 2:21: News from the Front: Saarfront. Fighting in the western part of Saargemünd; US infantry attempts to overwhelm the defenders of the three Saarbrücken (Saar-bridges); after a surprise attack yesterday morning, two American tank columns broke through the Maginot line. 2:52: In a fast forward march of 10km a tank column reached the Saar. overrunning German defense positions in Runtling and Hurling. 3:13: US troops are approaching the Saar in the area near Vorbach; artil...
Operation Annie - December 7, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722549
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
TRACK 1 0:00-1:48: "Trojan Horse" signature theme (organ) 1:50: Radio 1212 program begins. 2:25: News from the Front. The focus of fighting is on the Saar Front, where the Westwall was breached 2 km north of Saarlautern. South of Saarbrücken there were fierce tank battles in the region near Rarlingen. 2:45: A US effort to capture German positions from the flank has made further progress. The German divisions' path to withdrawal from Alsace is growing narrower. There is not much to report from the northern area near Cologne. 3:05: US infantry broke through defensive lines north of Saarlauter...
Operation Annie - December 8, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722550
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
0:00: "Trojan Horse" theme 1212 Sender Announcement: "Radio 1212 is on air every day from 2-6 and reports news for the Rhineland, news from the Front for the population of the Rheinland-Gaue and the Saarpfalz." 2:19: Front reports: US troops advancing at one part of the Westwall; US ships overturned near Dillingen; German defense underway; heavy fighting at the Westwall; German fortress cannons firing at American bridgeheads. 3:09: No major attacks on the industrial cities of Saarlautern, Saargemünd and Fürtlingen; Americans have erected bridgeheads at Saarlautern only; Wehrmacht orders Saa...
Operation Annie - December 9, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722551
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
TRACK 1 0:06: Radio 1212 announcement: Speaking in honor of German Railway Workers Day, Reich Minister Dr. Speer and Dr. Herzlmüller stressed that final victory depends on the commitment of German railway workers. Speeches by Goebbels were translated into Russian and French for the benefit of foreign workers. Selected workers were awarded the Cross of Honor. 1:15: A reporter for the Spanish newspaper “Arriba” commended the Rhineland population's courage and stamina in the face of daily threats of invasion and aerial attack. Outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease reported in the region of Alzey,...
Operation Annie - December 10, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722552
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
TRACK 1 0:00: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on) 1:50: Radio 1212 bringing news from the Front and the Homeland for residents of the Rheinland and Saarpfalz. 7:02: Radio 1212 signoff. In our next broadcast we will report on communities captured by the enemy during the past 24 hours. 7:18: Light music (unidentified). 13:45: Many communities have fallen into American hands over the past 24 hours. [Listing follows.] 15:10: Our next broadcast will feature news of the Armed Forces in Westphalia. 15:24: Trojan Horse theme (signoff). TRACK 2 0:00: Radio 1212 bringing you news of the Armed Forces in West...
Operation Annie - December 11, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722553
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
TRACK 1 0:00: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on). 2:00: Radio 1212, with news from the Front and the Homeland for residents of the Rheinland and Saarpfalz, and reports on communities taken by the enemy during the past 24 hours. 7:48: Radio 1212 concludes its reports from the Front. In a coming broadcast 1212 will report on the deployment of the Saarbrücken Volkssturm. 8:02: Music (Suppé, "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna," in progress). 11:19: Radio 1212 now brings you a report on the Saarbrücken Volkssturm. 12:17-13:51: Cut in of statement by voice other than that of the 1212 news reader. Recor...
Operation Annie - December 12, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722554
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
In the past 24 hours a number of villages fell into American hands. In the Düren region: Echtz and Geich, about 5 km Northeast of Düren. In the Rhine-Pfalz: (Limenhausen?,Jeweiler, Herbach, Düringenhof?, Höllenhof?, Wegenei?, Laubach, Eschbach, Winterfels) In the Hagenau region: Soufflenheim, Oberhoffen, Schirrhein, Schirhoffen, Offendorf (South of Bischweiler) 1:25: names of the villages that are under threat: In the Düren region: Pier, Herna, Merode, (Schliess?), (Seil? That is in large part already taken by the Americans), Düren. In the Saar region: The cities Merzig, Willingen, Saarbrüc...
Operation Annie - December 13, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722555
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
0:00: intro music 1:54: 1212 broadcasting, daily from 2 to 6. This is 1212 with news for the Rhineland. News from Front and Homeland for the citizens of the Rhineland and Saar-Pfalz. We will bring you the names of the villages that have been occupied by the enemy in the past 24 hours. 2:18: Front news: Pfalz-Front: As the fights are approaching the borders of the Pfalz, the citizens of Karlsruhe, Raststatt and Ettlingen are already hearing the cannon fire through the winter air. Not even 20 kilometers South, American troops are standing on the west shore of the Rhine, just across from Rasts...
Operation Annie - December 15, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722556
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
TRACK 1 1:47: 1212 broadcasting, daily from 2 to 6 every full hour. This is 1212 with news for the Rhineland. News from Front and Homeland for the citizens of the Rhineland and Saar-Pfalz. We will bring you the names of the villages that have been occupied by the enemy in the past 24 hours. Front News: NOTE: this part of the sequence is the same sequence as 165-48.mp3 7:20: music and multiple cuts in audio 8:03: 1212 intro music 9:48: 1212 broadcasting, 1212 broadcasting, daily from 2 to 6 every full hour. This is 1212 with news for the Rhineland. News from Front and Homeland for the ci...
Operation Annie - December 16, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722557
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
2:06: 1212 broadcasting, 1212 broadcasting, daily from 2 to 6 every full hour. This is 1212 with news for the Rhineland. News from Front and Homeland for the citizens of the Rhineland and Saar-Pfalz. We will bring you the names of the villages that have been occupied by the enemy in the past 24 hours. Also another report about 5000 Saarland citizens who are currently occupying a gallery tunnel under the Westwall at Ensdorf and are waiting the fights out there. 2:43: Front news: Pfalz-front: The attack on the Pfalz Westwall section has started. Between Weissenburg and Lauterburg, two America...
Operation Annie - December 17, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722558
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
0:00: music 1:52: news: according to the latest reports, there have been allied counterattacks on the front between the Eiffel and the Luxembourgian border, Waldfront: the American tanks are now standing on a 25km front on German soil, the counterattacks by German tanks weren’t able to stop the invasion. The German troops have now retreated from the Rhine’s west bank. The first Defense hubs of the “Westwall” are now under fire. At the Rhine itself the first row of bunkers have now been flooded, leaving the German forces with no other option but to retreat to back rows. There are ongoing str...
Operation Annie - December 18, 1944
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722559
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
1:28: Front News: German units are infiltrating the American front line through gaps, the Reich is investing its last resources in these counterattacks, overrunning American footholds. Tank divisions have been trained and mobilized from other areas of the Reich. The first convoy is being led by the SS tank divisions, leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and Hitlerjugend. The second convoy is being led by the 2nd and 116th tank divisions. New methods and strategies are being used: many members of the tank divisions are now wearing American uniforms, their tanks and trucks depict a white star. These Sp...
Operation Annie - January 8, 1945
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722560
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
TRACK 1 1:40: Headlines 2:09: Front news: Change in the Ardennes Battle (Battle of the Bulge). The German tanks in the west are being mobilized towards better defense posts. The Americans have partially taken over the reinforcement routes and streets. There is a snowstorm in the Ardennes. German troops that were surrounded at Wingen were able to make it back to their own lines yesterday. The heavy battles south of Bitche are still ongoing. The German troops are now by in large retreating from the Ardennes in order to defend more maintainable lines. The Americans are pushing south from the n...
Operation Annie - January 10, 1945
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722561
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
TRACK 1 0:00: music 1:10: Introduction 1:37: headlines: evacuation of German troops behind the St. Hubert street. Slight soil gain of the Americans in the Bastogne area. Bombers above Rhineland, Ardennes and Saar. Bloody fights in the Maginot line at Elsass. German troops are pressuring Strasbourg from North and South. 2:00: Front news: The German evacuation movement on the North-West tip of the Ardennes between La Roche and Saint Hubert gained speed. The fights in the streets of La Roche are ongoing, but Saint Hubert remains under German control. Americans were only able to make small so...
Operation Annie - January 11, 1945
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722562
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
0:00: False start; another false start. 0:39: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on). Radio 1212, broadcasting daily from 2 to 6, every hour on the hour, with news from the Front and the Homeland for residents of the Rheinland and Saarpfalz. 2:00: Trojan Horse theme. Report on recent battles. 9:37-12:44: Reportage continues with news from the Saar-Alsace Front. 12:50: Cut in, report from the Eastern Front (sound quality poor). 15:16-end: Fučík, Florentiner Marsch, op. 217 (opening motif).
Operation Annie - January 14, 1945
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722563
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
TRACK 1 (Source record badly scratched) 0:00: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on). Radio 1212, broadcasting daily from 2 to 6, every hour on the hour, with news from the Rheinland, Front and Homeland for [residents of the Rheinland and Saarpfalz]. 0:46: Trojan Horse theme. Report on fighting in the Ardennes ("Battle of the Bulge"). 9:44: Report on fighting in the Saar-Alsace Front. 14:44: Reports from the Front conclude. In its next report Radio 1212 will bring news for the military and civilian populations of the Rheinland. 15:14-end: (In English) "Test cut.. Something went wrong.." (American tec...
Operation Annie - January 15, 1945
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722564
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
0:00: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on). 0:54: This is Radio 1212 broadcasting daily from 2-6, every hour on the hour, with news for the Rheinland and reports from the Front and the homeland for the civilian residents of the Rheinland District and the Saar Palatinate. 1:25: Report on fighting in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Germany. 8:32: Report on Allied air strikes on German localities. 12:34: Conclusion of reports from the Front. In a few minutes Radio 1212 will broadcast messages for the military and civilian populations of the Rheinland. 13:00: Radio 1212 with news for the military and civi...
Operation Annie - January 16, 1945
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722565
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
0:00: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on). 0:56: This is Radio 1212 broadcasting daily from 2-6, every hour on the hour, with news for the Rheinland and reports from the Front and the homeland for the civilian residents of the Rheinland District and the Saar Palatinate. 1:27: Radio 1212 with the latest reports from the Front. Slaughter in the Ardennes, other news of the "Battle of the Bulge." 5:41: Reports from the Saar and Alsace. 7:59: Report on Allied aerial bombardment of the Reich. 8:31: In a few minutes Radio 1212 will broadcast messages for the military and civilian populations of the Rhein...
Operation Annie - January 19, 1945
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn722566
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Sound quality poor throughout. TRACK 1 0:00: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on). 0:43: This is Radio 1212 broadcasting daily from 2-6, every hour on the hour, with news for the Rheinland and reports from the Front and the homeland for the civilian residents of the Rheinland District and the [Saar Palatinate]. 1:11: News from the Front. Allied advances reported. Dettingen has fallen to the Americans. 5:23: The war in Holland. Localities mentioned include Stevensweert. 6:41: Aerial war. Details of heavy Allied bombardment on both sides of the Rhein. 9:15: Conclusion of reports from the Front. In a ...

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