Operation Annie - January 19, 1945
Scope and Content
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).
Corporate Bodies
- Radio Luxembourg
- Radio 1212
Subjects
- Radio in propaganda--Germany.
- Propaganda, American.
- Radio, Military.
- Radio Broadcasting
- Radio broadcasting, American--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
Genre
- Radio broadcasts.
- Propaganda.
- Recorded Sound