1. This is useful but not to be tried at home
Keep it Short and Simple (KISS)
"The simplest and most effective of all ‘black’ operations is to spit in a man’s soup and cry ‘Heil Hitler!’”
Sefton Delmer -Black Propaganda
image tks @thegrugq
Keep it Short and Simple (KISS)
"The simplest and most effective of all ‘black’ operations is to spit in a man’s soup and cry ‘Heil Hitler!’”
Sefton Delmer -Black Propaganda
image tks @thegrugq
World War 2 "Black Propaganda"
"This Book has been out of print and unavailable for far to long. For very similar reasons as to why Sefton Delmer wrote this book in 1962, I feel it is important that this information is available on the world wide web"
seftondelmer.co.uk/contents.htm
"This Book has been out of print and unavailable for far to long. For very similar reasons as to why Sefton Delmer wrote this book in 1962, I feel it is important that this information is available on the world wide web"
seftondelmer.co.uk/contents.htm
Some very expensive print editions can be found
biblio.co.uk/book/black-boo…
or try here for an electronic version
vdoc.pub/documents/blac…
biblio.co.uk/book/black-boo…
or try here for an electronic version
vdoc.pub/documents/blac…
"Trail Sinister", Volume 1 of his autobiography, is going for 238$ in New Zealand
biblio.co.nz/book/trail-sin…
I have not found an electronic version yet
biblio.co.nz/book/trail-sin…
I have not found an electronic version yet
Some background on Sefton Delmer if you don't fancy reading the second part of his autobiography
17 minutes - well researched
17 minutes - well researched
Secret Transmitter Code Name "Aspidistra"
500 KW + on AM
History:
1. danehillhistory.org/uploads/3/9/8/…
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistr…
3. web.archive.org/web/2007092701…
Site visit:
subbrit.org.uk/sites/crowboro…
Analysis by @schneierblog
schneier.com/blog/archives/…
Photos: archive.ph/QkBzJ
500 KW + on AM
History:
1. danehillhistory.org/uploads/3/9/8/…
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistr…
3. web.archive.org/web/2007092701…
Site visit:
subbrit.org.uk/sites/crowboro…
Analysis by @schneierblog
schneier.com/blog/archives/…
Photos: archive.ph/QkBzJ
The transmitter was crated up, shipped to the UK and installed in Sussex.
arizona-am.net/WLW/Docs/Aspid…
They named it after a song sung by the English music hall entertainer, Gracie Fields:
The Biggest Aspidistra in the World
arizona-am.net/WLW/Docs/Aspid…
They named it after a song sung by the English music hall entertainer, Gracie Fields:
The Biggest Aspidistra in the World
A Good Example of Strategic Planning
Attack on Morale of German Forces in Norway
Memorandum by Sefton Delmer, circa late 1943/early 1944
seftondelmer.co.uk/memo-most-secr…
Lessons to be Learned and Adapted as Necessary
Attack on Morale of German Forces in Norway
Memorandum by Sefton Delmer, circa late 1943/early 1944
seftondelmer.co.uk/memo-most-secr…
Lessons to be Learned and Adapted as Necessary
The "indestructible weeds of historical truth"
"Reeducation needs careful tending, like an English lawn. Even one moment of negligence, and the weeds crop up again ~ those indestructible weeds of historical truth"
Sefton Delmer
Reeducation = Natural Origin of SARS-COV-2 ;)
"Reeducation needs careful tending, like an English lawn. Even one moment of negligence, and the weeds crop up again ~ those indestructible weeds of historical truth"
Sefton Delmer
Reeducation = Natural Origin of SARS-COV-2 ;)
Voice of "the Chef" (mp3 in German)
Sefton Delmer broadcast to Germany, pretending to be a disgruntled German military man dissatisfied with Hitler's beliefs, on a programme called Gustav Siegfried Eins. His nickname was 'Der Chef'.
clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/emerso…
Sefton Delmer broadcast to Germany, pretending to be a disgruntled German military man dissatisfied with Hitler's beliefs, on a programme called Gustav Siegfried Eins. His nickname was 'Der Chef'.
clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/emerso…
"H.M.G.'s secret pornographer" Sefton Delmer
seftondelmer.co.uk/hmg.htm
This annoyed Dick "Double Crossman" (pictured) who worked for Robert Bruce Lockhart in the Political Warfare Executive, running the anti-Nazi propaganda broadcasts for "Radio of the European Revolution"
seftondelmer.co.uk/hmg.htm
This annoyed Dick "Double Crossman" (pictured) who worked for Robert Bruce Lockhart in the Political Warfare Executive, running the anti-Nazi propaganda broadcasts for "Radio of the European Revolution"
"Grey" Propaganda Newspapers
Nachrichten für die Truppe, a 'grey' propaganda newspaper, was put together daily by a joint team of British and American journalists under the direction of Sefton Delmer.
bock-schroeder.com/sefton-delmer
Nachrichten für die Truppe, a 'grey' propaganda newspaper, was put together daily by a joint team of British and American journalists under the direction of Sefton Delmer.
bock-schroeder.com/sefton-delmer
French Analysis (in French)
Sefton Delmer. Corsaire des ondes de sa Majesté
Sefton Delmer. His Majesty’s Black Radio Man
journals.openedition.org/lisa/919
Sefton Delmer. Corsaire des ondes de sa Majesté
Sefton Delmer. His Majesty’s Black Radio Man
journals.openedition.org/lisa/919
One of Sefton Delmer's Books
"The Germans and I" (in German)
ulis-buecherecke.ch/pdf_berichte_d…
or
archive.org/stream/die-deu…
Warning, 800 + Pages!
"The Germans and I" (in German)
ulis-buecherecke.ch/pdf_berichte_d…
or
archive.org/stream/die-deu…
Warning, 800 + Pages!
Smithsonian Magazine Article
The Fake British Radio Show That Helped Defeat the Nazis
smithsonianmag.com/history/fake-b…
The Fake British Radio Show That Helped Defeat the Nazis
smithsonianmag.com/history/fake-b…
Crossman (Dick "Double Crossman") en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C…
moved from the PWE after WW2 to The Information Research Department
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informati…
perhaps most famous for the "Orwell List" and translating, promoting and printing vast quantities of Orwell's Book "Animal Farm"
moved from the PWE after WW2 to The Information Research Department
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informati…
perhaps most famous for the "Orwell List" and translating, promoting and printing vast quantities of Orwell's Book "Animal Farm"
The Information Research Department (IRD) also funded, published & distributed several of Crossman's books, including "The God that Failed"
6 anti-communist essays by Fischer, Gide, Koestler, Silone, Spender & Wright
chinhnghia.com/the-god-that-f…
or
archive.org/details/in.ern…
6 anti-communist essays by Fischer, Gide, Koestler, Silone, Spender & Wright
chinhnghia.com/the-god-that-f…
or
archive.org/details/in.ern…
If curious about the topic of subversive propaganda, its history & practical application, I recommend 2 resources:
1. Propaganda & Mass Persuasion
Historical Encyclopedia (1500-2003)
sipa.jlu.edu.cn/__local/6/6D/1…
2. British Subversive Propaganda during WW2
sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1007/978-3-…
1. Propaganda & Mass Persuasion
Historical Encyclopedia (1500-2003)
sipa.jlu.edu.cn/__local/6/6D/1…
2. British Subversive Propaganda during WW2
sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1007/978-3-…
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