Operation Annie - January 19, 1945

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.0519

Overview

Description: 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 few minutes Radio 1212 will broadcast news for military personnel and civilian residents of the Rheinland.
10:03: Attention! This is Radio 1212 with the latest news.
12:08: This is Radio 1212 broadcasting daily from 2-6, every hour on the hour.
12:45: Trojan Horse theme. [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 civilian residents of the Rheinland.
14:06-end: Radio 1212 now broadcasts a Special Report with details on recent events on the Eastern Front.
TRACK 2
0:22: In today's broadcast, a Special Report detailing recent dramatic events on the Eastern Front, including excerpts from Soviet reports, a statement by a spokesman for the German government, and a report from neutral observers in Stockholm. [For Report, see Track 1, 14:04-end.]
1:28: Radio 1212 with news for the Rheinland and reports from the Front and the homeland for the civilian population of the Rheinland District.
1:33: Dateline: Saarbrücken. Report on equitable distribution of gas masks.
4:17: Dateline: Cologne. Summary of statement from Reichsminister für Erziehung und Volksbildung.
5:05: Dateline: Krefeld. Summary of statement from Krefeld Police Chief.
5:35: Summary of statement from Reichskommissar für Altmaterialverwertung Hans Heck on the confiscation of surplus clothing.
6:15: Summary of statement from Director of German Railways.
6:43: Radio 1212 has brought news for members of the military and the civilian population of the Rheinland District.
7:18. This is Radio 1212. Report on the Volksgrenadier division.
11:44. Radio 1212 concludes its broadcast of news for military personnel and the civilian population of the Rheinland District and Saar Palatinate. We broadcast daily from 2-6, every hour on the hour.
12:08-end: Trojan Horse theme (signoff).
Date: 1945 January 19
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
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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-165-59 reel 1
Source Archive Number: RG-165-59 reel 2

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:30:14
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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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