Whispers of War: Underground Propaganda Rumour-Mongering in the Second World War

Lee Richards

Jan 2010 · www.psywar.org

About this ebook

A history of the use of rumours in the Second World War by the Brtish Government's Underground Propaganda Committee. Its job was to undermine the morale of German troops and civilians and to bolster the morale of the oppressed peoples of Occupied Europe. The book contains a collection of over 1,500 of the most noteworthy, provocative and amusing subversive rumours concocted.

Ratings and reviews

All those stories you've heard about burned german bodies being washed up on the Norfolk coast originate from propaganda myths have been collected by Lee Richards in a great little volume. They range from being downright silly to revealing how much the allies and the germans knew about the wholesale slaughter of the jews, Katyn Wood and so on. Viewed through the long lens of history it shows how gullible people are to suggestion through out all ages. The e-book is 244 pages and priced very favourably compared to the printed version. Highly recommended +++

About the author

Lee Richards has been researching and writing about the history of propaganda and psychological warfare for over 25 years. He was a long term member of the PsyWar Society and for a number of years edited its quarterly journal The Falling Leaf. In 1997 he launched the well-respected website www.psywar.org to further research into this field.
Richards has supplied research to and been interviewed by the international media including BBC television in the UK, PBS in America, and newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, America in WWII, WWII magazine and others. Items from his expansive collection of propaganda literature have appeared on BBC’s “QI”  and  “The One Show” and PBS’ “History Detectives”.