When you consider the effect of the stories we tell and the power of the human imagination, we rarely, if ever, talk about the power stories can have at times of war. We don’t often talk about how stories can be an important asset in bringing about victory and then holding on to the peace. These days when we talk about “fake news”, it is just one form of propaganda.

On this episode I have my long-time collaborator, friend and former professor, Dr. Erwin Warkentin to talk about how the Allies employed different propaganda tactics against the Nazi regime of Germany during World War II. Dr. Warkentin has done extensive research on the subject and has written three books on the subject.

While we talk, you might want to visit my show notes. There are some of the original pictures of his research including documents from the time.

This episode is part one of two.

Books by Erwin J. Warkentin that explore the subject

The History of U.S. Information Control in Post-War Germany: The Past Imperfect
July 2017, Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 978-1443897495

The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus: A Crash Course in Mass Deception. Volume I
June 2019, Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 978-1527533349

The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus: Words at War. Volume II
July 2019m Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 978-1527533363

Images provided by Dr. Warkentin

Directions from Dunstable to Woburn Abbey

A pass that e German soldier could carry. If caught, the soldier would be in deep trouble. On the backs of this might be porn.

Transcript, the lines on the side indicate truth. We’ll get into that and more in Part 2

What’s happening while the soldier might be at the front… in this case a Nazi local leader might be taking your wife!

Tales under the cat tree

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