Operation Annie - December 10, 1944

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.0505

Overview

Description: 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 Westphalia.
5:55: Trojan Horse theme. Radio 1212 ends its transmission of news for military families and for residents of the Rheinland and Saarpfalz.
6:25: Classical music (Suppé, "Flotte Bursche" Overture).
11:52: In one half hour Radio 1212 will bring you news from the Rheinland and Saarpfalz. We broadcast daily from 2 to 6, every hour on the hour.
12:13-end: Trojan Horse theme (signoff).
TRACK 3
0:00: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on)
2:25: 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. [Report interrupted at 4:12 by buzzing sound.]
4:20-end: Above recording repeats through 4:12, after which report continues through end of track, ending abruptly.
TRACK 4
0:00: 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. [Poor audio quality.]
5:25: Radio 1212 will return with reports on communities captured by the enemy during the past 24 hours
6:02-end: Radio 1212 with a report on the Saarbrücken "Volkssturm" (People's Militia comprised of civilians aged 16-60).
Date: 1944 December 10
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

Physical Details

Language: German
Genre/Form: Radio broadcasts. Propaganda.

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Copyright: Public Domain
Conditions on Use: To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Propaganda, American. Radio broadcasting, American--Germany. Radio in propaganda--Germany. Radio, Military. World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda. Radio Broadcasting
Corporate Name: Radio Luxembourg Radio 1212

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: In Process
Recorded Sound Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired digital copies of Record Group 165: from the National Archives and Records Administration in March 2019.
Recorded Sound Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
File Number: Source Archive Number: RG-165-45 Reel 1
Source Archive Number: RG-165-45 Reel 2
Source Archive Number: RG-165-45 Reel 2a
Source Archive Number: RG-165-45 Reel 3

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:30:19
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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)

Date: 1944-1945

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