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The History Hour: Britain's secret propaganda war

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Britain's secret propaganda war

09/11/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - The History Hour, Britain's secret propaganda war

'Fake news' in WW2, why Indian police blinded detainees and the Berlin Wall rock concert

'Fake news' in WW2, exposing  horrific Indian police abuse, visiting the Iran hostages in 1979, the woman who transformed cancer treatment, and a defining Berlin Wall rock concert

Subversive warfare and 'fake news' in World War Two, the scandal which exposed horrific Indian police violence in the 1980s, two sides of the Iran hostages crisis in 1979, the woman who transformed cancer treatment, and a defining Berlin Wall rock concert.

Photo The actress and singer Agnes Bernelle, who was recruited to be a presenter on a fake German radio station during the war)

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