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PS 522 Week 5 Disinformation during World War II

How Hitler pioneered ‘Fake News.’ by Snyder, T.
The New York Times (2019).
A brief history of ‘Lügenpresse,’ the Nazi-era predecessor to Trump’s ‘fake news.' by Griffing, A.
Haaretz.com (October, 2017).
How Hitler conquered Germany. by O’Shaughnessy, N.
Slate.com (March, 2017).
Fake news: How radio helped the Nazis shape public opinion at home and abroad. by Morley, N.
HistoryHit.com (June, 2021).
German black propaganda by Newcourt-Nowodworski, S.
Black Propaganda in the Second World War (The History Press, 2005), pp. 27-55.
The $3B Nazi forgery of WW2: Operation Bernhard.
Timeline World History Documentaries (n.d.). Video
How phantom German fighter tricked Britain. by Ascherson, N.
TheGuardian.com (October, 2000).
The super fighter that never was – The Heinkel 113. by MacGregor, S.
WarHistoryOnline.com, February, 2019).
HE-100: Heinkel’s mythical super-fighter. by Wilkinson, S.
HistoryNet.com (October, 2018).

World War II: British Disinformation

The fake British radio show that helped defeat the Nazis. by Wortman, M.
SmithsonianMag.com (February, 2017).
Fighting the Nazis with fake news: A new documentary rediscovers a World War II campaign that was stranger than fiction. by Shaer, M.
SmithsonianMag.com (April, 2017). Video included.
How did Britain use fake news in World War Two? by Lamb, L.
BBC.co.uk. Video included.
Operation Mincemeat: The Welsh drifter who helped end WW2. by Prior, N.
BBC.com (April, 2022).
What was Operation Mincemeat?
IWM.org.uk (n.d).

World War II: The fake Nazi Map for South America (British Disinformation

The astounding counterfeit Nazi invasion map you’ve never heard of. by Herkewitz, W.
MentalFoss.com (February, 2015).
Map of the week: Hitler’s map of South America.
Mappenstance (November, 2014).
A map of Nazi South America (forged by the British). by Jacobs, F.
BigThink.com (July, 2010).

World War II: The Double-Cross System (British Disinformation)

The art of the double cross. by Budiansky, S.
HistoryNet.com (March, 2018).
Double cross – MI5 in World War Two by West, N.
BBC.co.uk (February, 2011).
Security service (MI5), “MI5 during World War II
MI5.gov.uk (n.d).
MI5 In World War II by Andrew, C.
MI5.gov.uk (n.d).
Secret agents, secret armies: The D-Day misfit spies
The National WWII Museum (2020).
British double agents and operation fortitude: A new perspective. by Maxmin, R.
Duke.edu (April, 2016).

World War II: American Disinformation

Inside America’s shocking WWII propaganda machine. by Little, B.
NationalGeographic.com (December, 2016).
Gray and black radio propaganda against Nazi Germany. by Rowen, R.
bobrowen.com (April, 2003).
North Africa and the making of American psychological warfare and propaganda, 19422-1945. by Nelson, T.
UPenn.com (2021).
Spy girl by McIntosh, B.
CIA.gov (March 2020).
Barbara Lauwers: Deceiving the enemy.
CIA.gov (August, 2019).
Operation bodyguard: FBI recognizes WWII counterintelligence landmark in New York.
FBI.gov (June, 2014).
Pastel: Deception in the invasion of Japan. by Huber, T.M.
(ArmyUPress.mil, 1988).

World War II: Japanese Disinformation

Blinded by the rising sun: Japanese radio deception before Pearl Harbor. by Hanyok, R.J.
HistoryNet.com (June, 2019).
How the Japanese did it. by Hanyok, R.
Naval History Magazine via USNI.org (December, 2009).
Catching the fox unaware’—Japanese radio denial and deception and the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Naval War College Review (2008). (Number 4, Autumn 2008).
Bamboo bombers and stone tanks—Japanese decoys used in World War II.
TheAtlantic.com (April, 2016).

World War II: Soviet Disinformation

How Russia’s World War II military strategy of deception is alive and well today. by Getsos, G.
NationalInterest.org (August, 2018).
Soviet deception operations during World War II. by Pirnie, B.
U.S. Army Center of Military History (1985).
Deception in Soviet military doctrine and operations.. by Hamilton, D.
Core.ac.uk, (1986).

World War II: Operation Fortitude (the D-Day Deception)

D-Day deception: How phantom armies and fake information helped win the Battle of Normandy. by Suciu, P.
FoxNews.com (June, 2019).
Operation fortitude: A lesson in deception from D-Day. by Turner, C.
TheCipherBrief.com (January, 2021).
Fooling Hitler: The elaborate ruse behind D-Day. by Klein, C.
History.com (June, 2014).
Deception and decoys ahead of D-Day. by Gibson, R.
BBC.com (June, 2014). Video Only.
Operation ‘Titanic’ – Dummy paratroopers In World War Two. by Moody, S.
Air Force Museum of New Zealand (May, 2019).
Operation Titanic: D-Day and deception.
HistoryOnTheNet.com (n.d),
Operation fortitude south.
EuropeRemembers.com (n.d). Videos included.
D-Day deception: What was operation bodyguard?
HistoryHit.com (n.d).

World War II: Miscellaneous

How propaganda became entertaining: Ukraine’s wartime communications strategies have roots in World War II. by Brownell, K.
TheAtlantic.com (March, 2022).
Fake news is nothing new: 5 ‘Black Propaganda’ operations from the 1930s and 1940s. by Lamb, J.
HistoryCollection.com (March, 2017).