Tokyo Rose - Any documented negative effect on US troops at all?

[astorian]

@BeepKillBeep

Thanks Mr Kobyashi. Very interesting. I knew that propaganda efforts were very effective, but I’m a little surprised at just hot ineffective they were. I wonder if Allied propaganda efforts were helpful?

I don’t know about “propaganda,” but the BBC was so highly respected as an objective news source that even Axis generals tuned in to hear the BBC, to find out what was REALLY going on.

[DrDeth]

@astorian

I don’t know about “propaganda,” but the BBC was so highly respected as an objective news source that even Axis generals tuned in to hear the BBC, to find out what was REALLY going on.

Not even close. The BBC lied their asses off during WWII.

[Jim_s_Son]

I can’t remember exactly which book I read it in (probably “Neptune’s Inferno” by James Hornsfischer) but it mentioned the sinking of one American ship wasn’t announced until three months after the battle. The enlisted survivors were quarantined to base in San Diego but not the officers. Which, as you can guess, the enlisted were pretty pissed about.