Operation Annie - December 16, 1944

Identifier
irn722557
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-91.0510
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Scope and Content

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 American tank convoys have teamed up into a tank wedge that is already in combat with the batteries of the Westwall. In the streets of Lauterburg, fights were taking place this morning. 3:00 Detailed transcription ends. Report continues until 20:39

Corporate Bodies

  • Radio 1212
  • Radio Luxembourg

Subjects

  • Radio in propaganda--Germany.
  • Radio broadcasting, American--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
  • Radio, Military.
  • Propaganda, American.
  • Radio Broadcasting

Genre

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