Erika Mann, the BBC German Service, and Foreign-Language Broadcasting during WWII

Plock, Vike Martina

doi:10.1353/mod.2020.0004

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“…Vike Martina Plock (2020) Mann also reminded Sherwood that she was "too familiar with the situation in Germany and German-occupied countries, as not to realize the futility of the short-wave enterprise" for which she had been commissioned to write. There "exist only five groups of people who possess short wave receivers" in Germany, she stated, a fact she had "repeatedly pointed out" (Mann to Sherwood, 1).…”

Section: Appendix E: Resistance Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

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Bombs, Broadcasts and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition to the Nazi Regime During World War II

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Can bombs and broadcasts instigate resistance against a foreign regime? In this paper, we examine the canonical case of bombing designed to undermine enemy morale-the Allied bomber offensive against Germany during World War II. Our evidence shows that air power and the airwaves indeed undermined regime support. We collect data on treason trials and combine it with information on the bombing of over 900 German towns and cities. Using plausibly exogenous variation in weather, we show that places that suffered more bombardment saw noticeably more opposition. Bombing also reduced the combat motivation of soldiers: fighter pilots from bombedout cities performed markedly less well after raids. We also provide evidence that exposure to BBC radio, especially together with bombing, increased the number of resistance cases. We corroborate these findings with the evidence on people's opinions and behavior using unique survey data collected in 1945.

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Section: Appendix E: Resistance Samplementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Vike Martina Plock (2020) Only the longer short-wave bands could be used effectively for transmission over relatively short distances and only a minority of listeners in Europe had short-wave receivers.…”

Section: Appendix E: Resistance Samplementioning

confidence: 99%