Operation Annie - January 15, 1945

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.0517

Overview

Description: 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 civilian populations of the Rheinland. Datelines: Cologne, Saarbrücken, Koblenz.
15:59: Radio 1212 has brought news for the military and civilian populations of the Rheinland.
16:25: This is Radio 1212. "Interlude in Bettendorf" (Special report on a successful American reconnaissance mission involving the interception of important military information from captured German sentries in the town of Bettendorf.)
19:32: Radio 1212 now concludes its broadcast of news from the Front for the members of the military and the civilian populations of the Rheinland District and the Saar Palatinate. We broadcast daily from 2-6, every hour on the hour. Trojan Horse theme (signoff).
21:14: Attention! This is Radio 1212 with the latest news. Strasbourg attacked by German shock-troops; Anglo-American bombers destroy petroleum depots and bridges. Radio 1212 broadcasts daily from 2-6, every hour on the hour.
22:59-end: Repeat of above report.
Date: 1945 January 15
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-165-57

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:30:18
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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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