Operation Annie - December 11, 1944

Recorded Sound | RG Number: RG-91.0506

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. Recording fragmentary; sound quality poor.
16:36: Radio 1212 has just brought you a report on the Volkssturm deployment in Saarbrücken.
TRACK 2
0:00: Radio 1212. During the past 24 hours the following localities have fallen to American hands. (Details are read out.)
1:29-4:55: Trojan Horse theme (sign-on). Radio 1212, with reports on the Volkssturm militia and civilian populations in the Western regions.
5:03: Trojan Horse theme. Radio 1212 concludes its report for members of the military and residents of Rheinland and Saarpfalz.
5:30-12:38: Music (unidentified).
12:40: 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.
12:56-end: Trojan Horse theme (sign-off).
TRACK 3
0:00-end: Radio 1212, broadcasting daily from 2 to 6, every hour on the hour. We bring news from the Front and the Homeland for residents of the Rheinland and Saarpfalz. We report on communities taken by the enemy during the past 24 hours. We now report on the Volkssturm deployment in Saarlautern (Saarlouis). [Report missing from this track.]

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Date: 1944 December 11
Language: German
Genre/Form: Radio broadcasts.
Propaganda.
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

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Topical Term: Propaganda, American.
Radio broadcasting, American--Germany.
Radio in propaganda--Germany.
Radio, Military.
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
Corporate Name: Radio Luxembourg.
Radio 1212.
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-165-46 Reel 1
Source Archive Number: RG-165-46 Reel 2
Source Archive Number: RG-165-46 Reel 2a
Copyright: Public Domain
Conditions on Use: No restrictions 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.
: Record last modified: 2021-07-13 13:08:10
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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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