Editing Black propaganda (section)

===British===
[[Image:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F005102-0003, Lager Friedland, britischer Journalist Sefton Delmer.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sefton Delmer]] (1958)]]

In the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Political Warfare Executive]] operated a number of black propaganda radio stations. [[Gustav Siegfried Eins]] (GS1) was one of the first such stations—purporting to be a clandestine German station. The speaker, "Der Chef", purported to be a Nazi extremist, accusing [[Adolf Hitler]] and his henchmen of going soft. The station focused on alleged corruption and sexual improprieties of [[Nazi Party]] members.

Another example was the British radio station ''[[Soldatensender Calais]]'', which purported to be a radio station for the [[Wehrmacht]]. Under the direction of [[Sefton Delmer]], a British journalist who spoke perfect [[Berlin German|Berliner German]], ''Soldatensender Calais'' and its associated [[Shortwave radio|shortwave station]], ''[[Deutscher Kurzwellensender Atlantik]]'', broadcast music, up-to-date sports scores, speeches of [[Adolf Hitler]] for "cover" and subtle propaganda.

[[Radio Deutschland]] was another radio station employed by the British during the war aimed and designed to undermine German morale and create tensions that would ultimately disrupt the German war effort. The station was broadcast on a frequency close on the radio dial to an actual German station. During the war most Germans actually believed that this station was in fact a German radio station and it even gained the recognition of Germany's propaganda chief [[Joseph Goebbels]].<ref>Allen, Thomas and Normal Polmar. Spy Book. New York: Random House Selection. 2004</ref>

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0821-502, Joseph Goebbels.jpg|thumb|[[Joseph Goebbels|Goebbels]], German Federal Archive photo]]
There were British black propaganda radio stations in most of the languages of occupied Europe as well as [[German language|German]] and [[Italian language|Italian]].<ref>John Pether, ''The Bletchley Park Reports: Report No. 17 Black Propaganda'', Bletchley Park Trust 1998</ref>  Most of these were based in the area around [[Bletchley Park]] and [[Woburn Abbey]] in [[Buckinghamshire]] and [[Bedfordshire]] respectively.

Another possible example was a rumour that there had been a German attempt to land on British shores at [[Shingle Street]], but it had been repelled with high German casualties. This was reported in the American press, and in [[William L. Shirer]]'s ''[[Berlin Diary]]'' but was officially denied. British papers, declassified in 1993, have suggested this was a successful example of British black propaganda to bolster morale in the UK, US and occupied Europe.<ref>{{cite news
  | last = Rigby
  | first = Nic
  | title = Was WWII mystery a fake?
  | work = [[BBC News]]
  | date = 2002-09-09
  | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2243082.stm
  | access-date = 2007-09-23 }}</ref>

Author [[James Hayward (writer)|James Hayward]] has proposed that the rumours, which were widely reported in the [[United States|American]] press, were a successfully engineered example of black propaganda with an aim of ensuring American co-operation and securing [[lend lease]] resources by showing that the [[United Kingdom]] was capable of successfully resisting the might of the [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German Army]].<ref name="SS003">
{{cite book
  | last = Hayward
  | first = James
  | title = Shingle Street
  | publisher = CD41 Publishing
  | year = 2002
  | isbn = 0-9540549-1-1 }}</ref>

[[David Hare (dramatist)|David Hare]]'s play ''[[Licking Hitler]]'' provides a fictionalised account based on the British black propaganda efforts in World War II.