Winning French Minds

Radio Propaganda in Occupied France, 1940–42

Denis Courtois

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Casemate Publishers
01 November 2022

Radio; Second World War; Propaganda

How Allied, Axis and Vichy governments exploited radio to win over the population in Occupied France.

World War II was very much a war of the radios. A relatively new technology, radio as a tool was exploited by all of the participants of the war to win the hearts and minds of the people and to steer public opinion.

The period 1940 to 1942 was the most volatile of the war, with the Nazis capturing large parts of western Europe and dominating on the Eastern front. At this time France was separated into two nominally independent zones, and public opinion could easily have been swayed in favour of the New German Order. This could have had potentially disastrous consequences for any future Allied attempt to liberate Europe, and so the battle for French minds was launched using the new technology of radio.

This narrative of that campaign develops chronologically through a series of topics including major military incidents, youth, food, family, psychological warfare, sports and work, as presented by different radio stations - in particular Radiodiffusion, controlled by Vichy France; Radio Paris, controlled by the Nazis; and the BBC - offering a systematic comparative analysis of radio propaganda messages and building a vivid picture of the evolution of broadcasts in the context of the complex political and social impact of the war on the French population.

Using original primary sources from archives in Britain and France, broadcast recordings, radio magazines, and interviews conducted by British Intelligence with those arriving from France during the war, this is a fascinating and unique insight into wartime radio propaganda from 1940 to 1942.

AUTHOR: Denis Courtois, born in 1967, is a Belgian who studied in the USA and Britain. Following a MA in Second World War from the University of Birmingham, he obtained his PhD in History specialising in radio propaganda in France from the University of Warwick. He lived in Paris between 2013 and 2014 and visited various archives in France for this book. He currently lives in the UK.

By: Denis Courtois
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781636241463
ISBN 10: 1636241468
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Acknowledgements Figures Translations and Terminology Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: The main players in the space of radio propaganda Chapter 2: Other international radios broadcasting in French Chapter 3: BBC broadcasts Chapter 4: RN broadcasts Chapter 5: Radio Paris broadcasts Conclusion Bibliography Source material Notes

Denis Courtois, born in 1967, is a Belgian who studied in the USA and Britain. Following a MA in Second World War from the University of Birmingham, he obtained his PhD in History specialising in radio propaganda in France from the University of Warwick. He lived in Paris between 2013 and 2014 and visited various archives in France for this book. He currently lives in the UK.

Reviews for Winning French Minds: Radio Propaganda in Occupied France, 1940–42

[O]ffers a fascinating insight into how Allied, Axis and Vichy governments exploited radio to win over the civilian population in Occupied France. * Argunners Magazine * Featured in * The Psychologist *