TIL during WWII Nazi Germany hired an American woman nicknamed 'Axis Sally' to broadcast an English language radio show called 'Home Sweet Home' to American troops in Europe. The program was designed to stoke homesickness and fears of infidelity by wives on the home front in order to hurt morale.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Gillars
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Posted Apr 24, 2019, 1:11 AM UTC

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dontworryskro•

Tokyo Rose also sucked

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HistoryLord•

As far as I know, American soldiers only listened to her for entertainment value. They never took her seriously.

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Lampmonster•

They said the same about the Vietnamese stations during that war, the military stations all played approved garbage, but the VC played rock and roll.

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HistoryLord•

They said the same about the Vietnamese stations during that war, the military stations all played approved garbage, but the VC played rock and roll.

What kind of 'approved garbage' was the military playing?

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schnauzersunite•

She was released from prison in 1961 and spent the rest of her life teaching music in Ohio

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LeicaM6guy•

I’m trying to imagine why the interview process was like for that job.

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SoyMurcielago•

Man Jody is old as shit

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jakk86•

Show or no show....hoes gonna hoe

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coffeelizard•

That's real talk.

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DaveOJ12•

Here's audio of it:

https://youtu.be/ewhZfOs2R1Q

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StuckInHoleSendHelpOP•

Learned about it from this video.

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sppratam•

The North Vietnamese had Hanoi Jane.

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smittyDX•

I don't really think that's the same

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jthanson•

I can’t believe an American would do something like that against the war effort.

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gorgewall•

There were a lot of Americans opposed to the war effort and even entering it, including after Pearl Harbor. Some of them just really liked the Nazis, too, or at least what the Nazis were trying to do.

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jthanson•

The majority of Americans were isolationist and anti-war. Charles Lindbergh was a member of that community. However, after Pearl Harbor, the vast majority of Americans realized the danger of isolationism and supported the war effort.

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VijoPlays•

Some of them just really liked the Nazis, too, or at least what the Nazis were trying to do.

I don't think a lot has changed there... :/

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BlindfoldedNinja•

Sure it has. Now we pretend they're not there unless they did something recently.

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CitationX_N7V11C•

Yes, all 100,000 of them in a nation of 320 million.

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SethRichWikileaks•

Yup, whole lot of Jew hating, Hitler loving Muslims in our country now.

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Akilos01•

You can't believe an American would betray their country for personal financial gain?

Really?

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laziestindian•

It's just capitalism bro. /s

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jthanson•

Financial gain is one thing; treason is another. Jane Fonda didn’t even make money at it.

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mr_li_jr•

If a Nazi government appeared again, there are plenty of Americans (and others) who would support what they stood for. I'm sure you've seen posts on Reddit from these exact people.

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BlindfoldedNinja•

That's 2019 style Nazis as well. The ones that came 80 years after the Holocaust was proven as a fact, time enough for all back home links to have been erased and with absolutely no excuses, and they're still out there. 80 years ago they didn't even need to support what Nazis stood for to help. The money would be enough.

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jthanson•

I generally don’t read the fascist subs. However, there’s a difference between supporting a foreign government in a time of peace and war.

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CitationX_N7V11C•

I'm also sure that your perceptions and pre-conceived notions makes you think a lot more people would support a Nazi government than would in reality.

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mr_li_jr•

That's a bit of an assumption, I didn't give any numbers outside of "plenty", which generally means more than the minimum requirement.

In the context of this topic and the comment I replied to, there only needs to be a handful of domestic Nazis for the enemy to recruit one for radio broadcasts. So, yeah, I think plenty is fair.

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ChuckyFucknuts•

The British had Lord Haw Haw too, there were plenty of people from allied countries who supported the fascists.

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SamIwas118•

Including members the royal family, who are in reality German.

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square3481•

Sorry, but I must protest. I know that Prince Albert was German, and that they changed the name of the royal house, but come on. It's like calling me Norwegian instead of American, just because my great-grandfather came from Norway in the 30's.

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SamIwas118•

I have no use for an out of date title. Or the inbreds that are involved.

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ilovenotohio•

cough Vichy France

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Ensec•

if you watch band of brothers, easy company meets some americans (specifically one) that are part of the german army. In the 30s germany called for all true aryans to come to the fatherland and some responded

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tossup418•

Didn't they round those dudes up and shoot them?

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Ensec•

yes spiers shot them. (in case you didn't know the reason for this wasn't out of pure hatred but actually because the paratroopers were ordered to keep no prisoners. This was because they were behind enemy lines and did not have the manpower to have guards during the operation

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jthanson•

There was also the German-American Bund and a few other pro-Aryan groups prior to the war. That was fine before the war but once the fighting starts it’s unconscionable once Americans are fighting.

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