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PSYOP Photograph Library Update

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:17:56 MST

The Psychological Operations Photo Library has been updated with a number of images, especially from Iraq (see here) and Afghanistan (see here) including photographs from the 15 (UK) PSYOPS Group on operations (see here).

15 (UK) PSYOPS Group Annual Report 2007/2008

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:47:31 MST

The British 15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group has just published its first Annual Report which highlights its activities over the last year. The group has been heavy committed in Iraq and Afghanistan and has greatly increased its technical capabilities over the year. The report can be downloaded here.

Propaganda and Espionage Philately Update

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:27:04 MST

Herb Friedman's incredible Propaganda and Espionage Philately article has been updated again with more examples of forged postage stamps used for propaganda purposes in both the First World War and Second World War. This is a must read for PSYOP researchers, leaflet collectors and philatelists alike.

Information Operations Europe 2008, June 24 - 26, 2008

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:44:47 MST

Announcing this year's Defence IQ's, Information Operations Europe conference, to be held between June 24-26, 2008 at Le Meridien Piccadilly, London, UK.

Europe's premier conference for the Psychological Operations, Influence and Strategic Communications community…

In 2008 several significant challenges face the Information Operations community. At the strategic level, it has become increasingly necessary for senior staff to coordinate information strategies across governments and across coalitions, requiring structural reorganisations and changes in mindset. At the tactical and operational levels, the techniques for delivering messages and penetrating different cultures remains troublesome and question marks still exist around the issue of Measurement of Effect of influence activities.

Now in its 7th year, Information Operations Europe 2008 is specifically designed to provide the Strategic Communications, Influence and Psychological Operations communities with an opportunity to share expertise, strategies and Lessons Learned from recent activities. Taking place at Le Meridien Piccadilly in London on the 25th and 26th June 2008, the guest speakers and audience will discuss the most important topics of today:

• Information Operations Case Studies and Lessons Learned: Insight into information campaigns and message delivery techniques in Lebanon, Chad, Afghanistan and Iraq
• Measurement of Effectiveness (MoE) for Influence Activity: The latest techniques employed in theatre for evaluating the success of information campaigns, including briefings from the Bundeswehr Zentrum of Operational Information's (ZOpInfo) Focus Group from Northern Regional Command in ISAF and the findings from NATO’s Task Group for MoE of Psychological Operations
• Coordinating an Information Strategy across Different Departments and Nations: Strategic level perspectives from senior officers of UK MoD and US DoD and the current initiatives at USSTRACOM Joint Information Operations Warfare Command to coordinate information campaigns across a coalition
• Policy Updates: From the US, UK, France and NATO

For more details about the conference, how to register and to download the event brochure, visit Defence IQ's website here:
http://www.defenceiq.com/UK/io2008/psywar

-- PsyWar.Org visitors can receive a 10% discount by quoting 'IGB_12201.002_PSYWAR' when registering --

Military Intelligence conference update

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:07:43 MST

For those interested in the Defence IQ, Military Intelligence conference being held on April 28 - 29, 2008 at The Cafe Royal, London, UK, the agenda of the conference can now be downloaded here:
http://www.iqpcevents.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=82436&details=94368

For further information on the conference or to register, then please contact Alan Smith, Military Intelligence Director, tel +44 207 368 9379.

There’s an Early Bird Discount, register before Friday, 14th March 2008 and receive up to £200 off!

Military Intelligence Conference: 28th April & 29th April 2008 - Cafe Royal, London

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:30:54 MST

Announcing Defence IQ’s Military Intelligence Conference.

Military Intelligence is at the forefront of operations as never before and is now every warfighter’s business.

Is your organisation prepared to absorb the latest thinking and lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan?

Contemporary Counter-Insurgency Operations have arguably transformed Military Intelligence (MI) into a distinct line of operations. However, the perspectives and input of the manoeuvre forces and combat units is crucial to realising timely, accurate and actionable intelligence.

This is why Defence IQ’s two day "Military Intelligence" conference will bring together a mix of both J2 and J3 personnel, represented as both speakers and delegates to ensure that:

You hear expert presentations from a cross-section of operators and decision-makers

-This will allow you to form a coherent and balanced opinion of the community’s latest thinking and take home the insights most applicable to your orqanisation’s challenges.

Your networking delivers valuable and representative insights

-This will help you build the contacts you need and develop relationships to enhance your wider knowledge.

Brigadier General Richard Lake, Director of Intelligence, HQ US Marine Corps will brief the conference as a Keynote Speaker: you can view the topics to be addressed in his brief on the website here:
http://www.defenceiq.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=82436

Time Critical Discount: Act Now: Save up to £200
Register before Friday 14th March to take advantage of your priority booking offer.

The Aerial Distribution of Propaganda to the Enemy

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:00:49 MST

A report by Captain P. Chalmers Mitchell, M.I.7b(4), 23rd February 1918, describing methods of aerial propaganda leaflet dissemination, including details of the experimental "Fire Balloon", effects of propaganda and German counter-propaganda.

World War I Aerial Propaganda Leaflets Distribution Methods

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:34:58 MST

Today's update includes a report by Captain P. Chalmers Mitchell, of MI7(b)4, dated 12th March 1918, summarising the current methods of distributing aerial propaganda leaflets over the German front line in World War I. The report looks at dissemination by aircraft, balloons, kites and rockets.

Psychological Warfare Branch - Bari

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:07:05 MST

The latest addition to the PsyWar.Org archives is an official report on the activities of the Political Warfare Executive Sub-Mission Bari – later known as the Psychological Warfare Branch, Bari – from its formation in January, 1944 up to mid-October, 1944.

Nachrichten fuer die Truppe Translation Project

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:48:51 MST

German translations – Volunteers required!

PsyWar.Org is looking for recruits to help translate into English the WWII Anglo-American propaganda newspaper Nachrichten für die Truppe.

Nachrichten was the brainchild of Sefton Delmer, Britain’s famous WWII master black-propagandist. The newspaper was put together daily by a joint team of British and American journalists and air-dropped onto German troops on the Western front by a dedicated squadron of the US Eighth Air Force.

Nachrichten contained a combination of factual news intermixed with subversive propaganda. The front page accurately reported the war situation on all fronts, usually before German troops received the news from their own sources. It was the first newspaper to report the D-day invasion. The inside pages generally dealt with the situation on the home front. The corruption of the Nazi bosses (Bonzen) was highlighted, how they avoided military service, live in luxury outside the cities, safely away from the bombing, received extra "diplomatic" food rations and basically profiteered from the war. Meanwhile soldiers’ wives are shown to be in peril through over work in munition factories, dodging the air raids, and suffering with poor diet and diseases coming from the east. Nachrichten also had a page 3 pin-up girl and even gave details of German army promotions and awards.

During the war, the majority of Allied propaganda leaflets were translated into English. PsyWar.Org is slowly digitising these translations and making them available in our online database of PSYOP product. The database has information and illustrations of propaganda material from the First World War up to the present with examples of product from Iraq, Afghanistan and the recent Israeli-Lebanon war. [See here]

Examples of Nachrichten [here]

What you can do to help.

Unfortunately English translations of Nachrichten für die Truppe were not produced at the time and have not been since. PsyWar.Org is looking for volunteers with English/German language skills to help translate this important piece of psychological warfare and WWII history.

Nachrichten was produced almost daily from 25 April 1944 until the last day of the war in Europe on 8 May 1945; that’s nearly 350 separate issues. PsyWar.Org wants to put together a team of volunteers to work on English translations of individual issues. Ideally a volunteer will want to help until the project is completed, perhaps being able to translate a complete issue once a month or fortnight. But if you can translate one issue or just a page, every little helps.

You, of course, will be credited for all the work you undertake or if you prefer you can remain anonymous or use a pseudonym.

If you wish to help please email me.

Leaflet Drops in America's Conflicts, 1917-2007 by Jared Tracy

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:25:47 MST

Aerial leaflet drops on enemies, neutrals, and civilian populations is an afterthought in American airpower historiography. Airpower historians have traditionally preferred topics such as strategic bombing, tactical ground support, airpower's place in national strategic planning, and the like. But since the introduction of the airplane into combat operations in the early twentieth-century, American civilian and military officials have ordered leaflets to be dropped with bombs. Historians have not sufficiently explored the topic of leaflet drops conducted independently of or in conjunction with actual combat operations. Therefore, because comprehensive studies of leaflet drops are scarce, an historical overview of the topic will add an important dimension to the study of the projection of American airpower in its conflicts... <read more>

Obituary - Edmund F. Lindner

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:13:51 MST

Ed Lindner (OSS Code name Eddie Zinder) passed away on Saturday, 24 November 2007 at the age of 89. During WWII Ed was part of the Morale Operations Company of the 2677th OSS Regiment in Italy. As such, he helped plan and organize Operation Sauerkraut, a campaign to use volunteer German prisoners-of-war to bring American propaganda behind enemy lines. <read more>

11:00 hrs, 11/11, Their name liveth for evermore...

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:14:16 MST

We wear a poppy
On Remembrance Day,
And at eleven
We stand and pray.
Wreaths are put
Upon a grave.
As we remember
Our soldiers brave.

The Psychological Warfare Section, Federation of Malaya

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:45:35 MST

An official British Government report on the organisation of the Psychological Warfare Section, the Federation of Malaya, in 1957. The PsyWar Section was responsible for the production of Anti-Communist Terrorist air-dropped leaflets and for the writing of surrender appeals and other messages for broadcast by Royal Air Force “Voice” aircraft over the Malayan jungle.

Black Propaganda - Operation Periwig

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:05:02 MST

Early in World War II Britain’s secret services soon concluded that it would be impossible to organise an anti-Nazi resistance within Germany itself. As they could not create a genuine resistance organisation they decided to fabricate one by using black propaganda, fake signals traffic, dropping supplies to non-existent reception committees and persuading a few hapless German Prisoners of War to be parachuted into the heart of the Third Reich. Perhaps the German authorities could be panicked into believing they were in mortal danger of being overthrown by their own people or at least encourage a few anti-Nazi Germans to take up arms against their Nazi bosses. This is the story of Operation Periwig.

Book Review - Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Twenty-First Century

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:54:07 MST

Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Twenty-First Century: Altered Images and deception operations by Scot Macdonald, Routledge, 2007, ISBN: 0415771455
The old saying "the camera never lies" has always been far from the truth. As soon as photography was invented there soon followed the falsifying or manipulation of the photographic image. Famous historic examples include Sir Conan Doyle’s fairies at the bottom of the garden and the staged pictures of the fabled Loch Ness monster. Perhaps these deceptions were fairly harmless and amusing. However, in wartime photographic forgeries are concocted for potentially much more sinister reasons...

NATO-led Information Operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, December 1995-1997

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:44:43 MST

"With each day that passes drawing us further down the path from the Industrial to the Information Age, many officers are convinced that victory is no longer determined on the ground, but in media reporting. This is even more true in peace support operations (PSO) where the goal is not to conquer territory or defeat an enemy but to persuade parties in conflict (as well as the local populations) into a favored course of action. This monograph examines the role of information in PSO and its impact on command and control through the prism of NATO-led operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina from December 1995 into 1997."

Support the families of our wounded servicemen and servicewomen

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:27:36 MST

If any British readers wish to help the families of wounded soldiers at Headly Court then please sign this Downing Street petition:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Headley

Find out more at http://www.36grayslane.co.uk/

Aerial Proapganda Leaflets for sale

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:08:39 MST

PsyWar.Org has listed several WWII aerial propaganda leaflets on eBay. Including a couple of PWD/SHAEF leaflets for Germany and a chilling German leaflet dropped on Allied troops approaching the Rhine river in February 1945.

Also for sale is a sheet of counterfeit German food ration coupons forged by Ellic Howe for the Administrative Sabotage campaign conducted by the German sections of the Special Operations Executive and Political Warfare Executive. It's an unique part of the black propaganda war.

Click here

OSS Black Propaganda in 'America in WWII' Magazine

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:35:24 MST

The April 2007 edition of America in WWII magazine features a nice article on the US Office of Strategic Services. The article is illustrated with colour photographs of several Morale Operations subversive stickers used in Operation Sauerkraut and also of the ugly Liberator pistol intended for use in Operation Braddock.

Fighting the War of Ideas like a Real War

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:24:34 MST

Just released by the Institute of World Politics, Fighting the War of Ideas like a Real War is a 147-page monograph calling for a political and psychological attack strategy against terrorists and extremists. It is an innovative re-examination of how the US and its allies should fight the battle of ideas. This book focuses on message strategies that the US should pursue for the immediate term to win the war against Islamist extremism. The author is a professor at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC, who directs a graduate program on public diplomacy and political warfare. His students include officials from the Defense Department, State Department, CIA, FBI, DIA, and other agencies.

A printed version can be purchased here:
http://www.lulu.com/content/667139

PSYOP Photograph Library Update

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:02:42 MST

The PsyWar.Org photograph library has been updated with a selection of new photos related to psychological warfare and aerial propaganda leaflet dropping, including this sequence of pictures relating to the Korean War.

New Book - The Psychological Warfare Division

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:22:20 MST

PsyWar.Org has just reproduced the official history of the Psychological Warfare Division of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. It gives an account of PWD/SHAEF's operations in the Western European campaign, 1944-1945. The original book was printed by the U.S. Army in 1945 and given a very small distribution. Original examples are very scarce so we thought it would be a worthwhile project to produce a reprint.

It has 284 pages with 13 photographs plus 24 other illustrations showing aerial propaganda leaflets, organisation tables and graphs. The contents cover the following subjects:

The nature of Psychological Warfare; the Plans and Directives Section; Operation of PWD Intelligence; Radio; Leaflets; Special Operations (black & grey); Allied Information Service; Publications and Display; Press; Cinema; Pictorial Section; Displaced Persons, Control of German Information Services, Status of Control of German Information Services in the American Zone.

The Appendices include the PWD charter; Voice of SHAEF radio scripts; Radio Engineering Report; Final Report on Leaflet Operations; Manual for Control of German Information Services; PWD organizational charts.

It should be of interest to PSYOP and Civil Affairs staff alike. The text maybe over 60 years old but there is still much useful information that can be applied today and is, of course, an essential reference text for those wanting to study Allied psychological warfare in WWII.

Our reprint is soft bound, like the original, letter size, and costs $26.99 plus shipping.

It can be ordered using a credit card or PayPal directly from this link:

http://www.lulu.com/content/765215

25th Anniversary of the Falkland Islands War

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:33:00 MST

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands on 2nd April 1982. For more details of psychological warfare used during the campaign see our article here.

Rhodesia PSYOP 1965-1980

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:15:57 MST

In December 1962 the Rhodesian Front party was elected to power in the British African colony of Southern Rhodesia. The party was committed to the concept of white supremacy without the involvement of the United Kingdom that was seen as particularly liberal with the election of a Labour Party Government in 1964. The leader of the Rhodesian Front, Ian Douglas Smith, was elected Prime Minister on 14 April 1964. On Armistice Day, 11 November 1965, Southern Rhodesia declared its independence. The Unilateral Declaration of Independence was internationally condemned, and at the behest of Britain, Rhodesia was placed under a United Nations Security Council sanction beginning in 1965 and lasting until the restoration of British rule in December 1979. Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith believed that his Rhodesian Front Party could hold power by force for the white minority group it represented. It wasn’t to be and fifteen years later on 18 April 1980, Zimbabwe emerged as an independent country under majority rule with international recognition.
This article documents psychological operations directed against the black population of Rhodesia by the Smith government during their control of the country between 1965 until 1980.

PSYOP in Aden

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:32:53 MST

The Aden Emergency was an insurgency against British crown forces in what is now the Yemen. It lasted from 10 December 1963 when a "State of Emergency" was declared until 30 November 1967 when British forces left. The emergency began when members of the National Liberation Front (NLF) carried out a grenade attack against the British High Commission which killed one person and injured fifty.

In this new article Herb Friedman analyses British psychological operations against the nationalist dissidents in Aden during the Emergency.

International Institute for Strategic Studies criticises U.S. and NATO PsyWar

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:25:44 MST

LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The United States and its allies must pay more attention to 'psychological warfare' as they battle insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, an influential think-tank said on Wednesday.

"Insurgents and jihadists have proved adept at conducting successful information campaigns that reach a global audience and foment violence elsewhere," the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said.

"But Western militaries have shown insufficient capability in their own attempts to carry out information and psychological operations, its annual report, "The Military Balance", said.

Nato reveals dark arts of psy-ops

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:35:32 MST

It's unusual for British PSYOP to comment on what they are up to but some light is shed on their work in Afghanistan in today's Times newspaper:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2559543,00.html

Sir Stafford Cripps and the German Admiral's Orgy

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:44:01 MST

Sir Stafford Cripps' outrage at the pornographic nature of the clandestine black radio station Gustav Siegfried Eins (GS1) is well known. All the major histories dealing with British psychological warfare throughout the Second World War make mention of Cripps complaint to the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, concerning one of the station's more disreputable broadcasts. None of the previous histories, however, tell the full story as until very recently Cripps' correspondence with the Foreign Secretary has remained secret. Following a Freedom of Information request by PsyWar.Org to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, over sixty years later, this correspondence has now finally been released for public scrutiny.

PSYOP Propaganda Shop New Products

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:32:47 MST

We’ve updated the online PSYOP propaganda shop with some new merchandise. One new mug and fridge magnet uses a reproduction of the WWII German propaganda leaflets, “Tough going Soldier?” which encourages Allied soldiers to fake dysentery by taking laxatives, thereby escaping their duties. Another mug features the famous LIFE/DEATH propaganda leaflet. More products will be coming in the future...

Israeli-Lebanon War Psychological Operations

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:55:43 MST

We have just completed a major update to the PSYOP during the Israeli-Lebanon War 2006 article which includes English translations of all known aerial propaganda leaflets dropped by the Israeli Defense Force over Lebanon and other fascinating details of psychological operations conducted during this brief conflict.

Information Assurance for Defence Conference 2007

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:46:06 MST

Europe’s Ground-Breaking Event on Securing Military Data and Communications
February 27-March 1, 2007 - One Whitehall Place, London, UK

How interesting is your military data and communications to insurgents? What could they do with that information?

An ever increasing number of key military leaders understand that new means of Information Assurance (IA) are critical to winning current missions, be it at home or abroad, dealing with everyday data and communications, or conducting unique operations with multiple new partners.
In order to act on information quickly, data and communications must be trusted. It can’t be trusted without proper IA technologies and processes in place.
Critical information must be kept hidden from technically savvy insurgents, from the warehouse data to the radio communications on the battlefield.
Recently, new processes have been proposed to make the sharing of information more secure, be it within a nation’s government or among allied groups. Meanwhile, technological solutions remain dynamic to keep up with ever advancing information systems, at our desks and on our multiple mobile networks.

More information on this unique conference is available here.

1100hrs. 11th November

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:00:00 MST

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Remembrance Day and the Two Minute Silence have been observed since the end of the First World War, but their relevance remains undiminished. When we bow our heads in reflection, we remember those who fought for our freedom during the two World Wars. But we also mourn and honour those who have lost their lives in more recent conflicts. Today, with troops on duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and other trouble spots around the world, Remembrance, and this two minute tribute, are as important as ever.

A few aerial propaganda leaflets for sale

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:10:49 MST

I've posted a few aerial propaganda leaflets on eBay, including forged SOE/PWE German ration coupons and a graphic, creepy German leaflet dropped on Allied soldiers in western Europe in 1945. See them and bid on them here.

News as a Weapon

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:58:32 MST

Today's new article, News as a Weapon, documents the air-dropped leaflet newspapers Frontpost and Feldpost produced by the Twelfth United States Army Group, in Western Europe after D-day. It is taken from the official 12th US Army Group history Publicity and Psychological Warfare, 1943-1945.

Origin of PSYOP Terminology

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:29:29 MST

Here is a brief article on the origins of the terms "PSYOP", "PsyWar", and "Political Warfare" written by the esteemed psychological warfare historian William E. Daugherty.

Psychological Operations during the Israel-Lebanon War 2006

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:06:37 MST

PsyWar.Org have been charting PSYOP during the short Israel - Lebanon conflict in our online forum. For now the fighting appears to be mainly over which seems a prudent time to collate the information we have into an article. Thanks to Herb Friedman for putting this together. We will update it as more information comes in and better illustrations are found.

Carlos Latuff's take on Israeli PSYOP

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:38:44 MST

Controversial Brazilian political cartoonist Carlos Latuff has recently produced this artwork reflecting his take on Israeli leaflet drops over Lebanon which warned civilians to evacuate areas about to be bombed. More of Latuff's webaganda (as I call it) and my opinion on his work can be read here.

New site features

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:28:45 MST

The home page of PsyWar.Org now has a left column with a few extra features including a search facility, interactive poll and, my personal favourite, a random aerial propaganda leaflet generator. More features are in the pipeline, for instance, readers being able to rate and leave comments about individual articles and improvements to the "My Propaganda Collection" feature.

Site design update

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:36:18 MST

Some of our more eagle-eyed visitors will have noticed a subtle modification in the design of PsyWar.Org. Just wanted to freshen it up a little, improve compatibility between different browsers, and to make the page coding more compact.

Please post a message in the forum if you encounter any problems with the new look or have any suggestions for improvements to the website.

Aerial Propaganda Leaflet Database & Philately updates

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:29:38 MST

Thanks to Li Feng Kuah and his research at the Malaysian National Archives more Malayan Emergency propaganda leaflets have been added to the Aerial Propaganda Leaflet Database.

Herb has also updated his article Propaganda and Espionage Philately including illustrations of the American WWII Office of Strategic Services (OSS) forged Hitler postage stamps and the infamous Hitler Skull Futsches Reich stamp plus more information on the British PWE fake Himmler stamp and the Witzleben parody.

PsyWar.Org merchandise now available!

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:16:55 MST

During World War 2 the BBC broadcast the "V for Victory" propaganda campaign to the occupied countries of Europe. Resistance fighters were encouraged to chalk-up the letter "V" or its Morse code equivalent "dot-dot-dot-dash" to show their belief in ultimate victory over Nazi tyranny. Boast your morale with these PsyWar.Org "V for Victory" t-shirts and mugs. All profits go to support this website.

I'm Covered in Leaflets! The secrets of airborne propaganda distribution

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:43:47 MST

Daniel Engber of SLATE magazine has written a short but informative article about the development of propaganda leaflet dissemination.

Israeli leaflet drops in Lebanon and Gaza

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:44:07 MST

PsyWar.Org is keeping up with IDF PSYOP and leaflet drops in both Lebanon and Gaza in our online forum.

PsyWar.Org featured in 'America in WWII' Magazine

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:45:05 MST

The latest edition of America in WWII magazine, August 2006, features a colourfully illustrated article about German aerial propaganda leaflets dropped on American troops in Italy during the Second World War.

Some of the leaflets were supplied by PsyWar.Org. The magazine is available from Borders Book Store and other magazine vendors.

Propaganda - A Weapon of War

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:21:54 MST

Propaganda - A Weapon of War is a small snapshot of Second World War propaganda that can be found in the National Library of Scotland collections.

Between 1939 and 1945, both Allied and Axis Governments greatly influenced wartime behaviour and attitudes through propaganda. This took various forms: the printed word and pictorial leaflets, radio broadcasts and cinema and poster campaigns.

On this website you will find examples of British Government propaganda, from Make do and Mend to Tag und Nacht.

New Book: Illness Saves by Dr. Do Good

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 31 May 2006 09:35:09 MST

In 1942 the "black" propaganda section of the British Political Warfare Executive (PWE) produced the first in a range of disguised booklets designed to assist would be malingerering German soldiers and munitions workers to fake illness to avoid military service or compulsory factory work. The most famous version was called Krankheit rettet - "Illness Saves by Doctor Do Good".

The booklet informed its reader how to simulate a multitude of illnesses and diseases from a simple throat infection to life-threatening tuberculosis.

Now for the first time the complete malingering text including contemporary illustrations and a foreword by PsyWar historian Lee Richards is available in English. This is a fascinating part of the clandestine propaganda war between Germany and Great Britain in World War II. It has been translated and reproduced for readers and historians interested in psychological warfare but the advice contained within should not be tried out for real!

92 pages, 21 illustrations, paperback, price: $12.99

More Malayan Emergency PsyWar

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Fri, 19 May 2006 16:30:57 MST

The Aerial Leaflet Database has been undated with more Malayan Emergency aerial propaganda leaflets. Additionally an official memorandum written in 1955 by the Head, Psychological Warfare Section, Major R.J. Isaac, has been added to the site that outlines psychological warfare techniques used during the Emergency up until that time.

Propaganda and Espionage Philately

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 08 May 2006 09:00:08 MST

Herb Friedman has been researching and writing about propaganda and espionage philately for five decades. He now gives an overview of this fascinating and complex subject in this internet article. It is colourfully illustrated with some of the rarer and more interesting propaganda and forged postage stamps produced by all sides throughout World War II.

Whispers of War: The British World War II rumour campaign

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:03:13 MST

The humiliating defeat of the British Expeditionary Force in France in the summer of 1940 was perhaps Britains darkest hour of the Second World War. But the defeat was quickly and successfully spun into a heroic retreat after the miraculous evacuation of the greater part of the BEF from the beaches of Dunkirk. Britain was now fighting alone and facing a Nazi invasion. The new government under Churchills inspiring and resolute leadership brought fresh impetus and resolve to fight to the bitter end.

Black propaganda rumour-mongering was employed to help defeat the Third Reich and a special Underground Propaganda Committee was established for the task. This is the story of the UPC and the rumours (sibs) they spread across the world during World War II.

Information-era Manoeuvre: The Australian-led Mission to East Timor

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:37:17 MST

Little has been published about Information Warfare and PSYOP in East Timor in 1999. This report by John Blaxland serves as a good introduction.

Review of Psychological Operations Lessons Learned from Recent Operational Experience

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:40:16 MST

This is an enlightening report by Christopher J. Lamb published by the National Defense University Press looking at recent U.S. PSYOP activities in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Information Operations Europe 2006 Conference, London

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:24:07 MST

Information Operations Europe 2006 is a global event unlike any other. It focuses on the practical and strategic operation of influence. Other events may touch on this, but it isnt their focus. The conference will run June 28 - 30, 2006. Undoubtedly it will be of interest to PSYOP specialists and professionals.

Psychological Warfare of the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:14:34 MST

SGM Herb Friedman (Ret) has kindly written an article about the use of PSYOP during the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960, when the ethnic Chinese Communist insurgency was successfully defeated by the British Colonial authorities. Very little has been published on this subject and is an important addition to PsyWar.Org. The article is lavishly illustrated with a great variety of aerial propaganda leaflets dropped throughout the Emergency and fascinating photographs from the period.

British Psychological Warfare during the Malayan Emergency

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:45:20 MST

Thanks to Baz Ford, a Malayan Emergency veteran, for supplying scans of several British propaganda leaflets dropped during the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960. Baz picked these up during his military service there in 1957/58. If any readers can supply any further information about psychological warfare in Malaya or can help with English translations of Chinese or Malay then please contact the editor.

A contemporary magazine article titled Stop Press of the Jungle by Flight Lieutenant H. G. Haines, O.C. Voice Flight Detachment, No. 52 Squadron, RAF, about the use of "Voice" aircraft broadcasting propaganda messages to Communist terrorists hiding out in the Malayan jungles, has also been added to the articles section of PsyWar.Org.

Propaganda leaflet drop video over Mosul, Iraq

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:34:41 MST

This is a great video of an actual US PSYOP leaflet drop over Mosul, Iraq on the night of January 28th, 2005. The leaflets were disseminated over market areas of the city and gave details of local polling stations for the January 30th election. (The video is around 4 Mb)

Functions of the 5th Army Combat Propaganda Team Report

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:09:18 MST

Added a 1944 official report on the work of the 5th US Army Combat Propaganda Team, part of the Psychological Warfare Branch (PWB/AFHQ), in Italy during World War II. The report covers propaganda leaflet design, printing, and firing by artillery shell. As well as describing their own work, the report covers Nazi propaganda leaflets dropped over the front lines in the 5th US Army sector and reactions of Enemy Prisoners of War (EPW) to Allied aerial leaflets.

Summarised History of the PWB/AFHQ Propaganda Leaflet Section in Italy

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:46:30 MST

The latest addition to PsyWar.Org includes this short summary of the operational history of PWB Unit No 14 by Captain Leroy B. Block, Chief of the Leaflet Section.

PSYOP of the Mau-Mau Uprising

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:40:24 MST

The so-called Mau Mau Uprising was a brutal episode in Kenya's history. Throughout most of the 1950's Mau Mau gangs, formed predominately from members of the Kikuyu tribe, waged an insurgency against the British colonial Government seeking independence and the return of their traditional homeland. Most of the Mau Mau gangs' violence was directed towards fellow Kikuyu who were loyal to the British and towards a smaller number of white settlers. The Government responded with extreme force and innovative counter-insurgency techniques to crush the uprising. Psychological warfare played a part in putting down the Mau Mau and cleansing them of the Blood Oath. Herb Friedman reveals more of the story here.

Propaganda Leaflet Database New Features

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:50:06 MST

Now you can catalogue your propaganda leaflet collection online! When viewing details about one of the leaflets in the database, registered users can mark this leaflet as being in their collection or as one which is wanted. Additional notes can also be added.In the near future this user interaction with the propaganda leaflet database will be extended. For example by giving users the option to to make their leaflet wants public to other PsyWar.Org users.To use these new facilities it is necessary to be a registered member. Registration is free and also gives you access to post in the online psywar forum.

Aerial Propaganda Database Updated

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:25:00 MST

More updates to the propaganda leaflet database, including these World War II Allied leaflets for Italian troops and civilians.

A few leaflets for French civilians have been included too.

Propaganda leaflet sales forum

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:09:43 MST

A propaganda leaflet sales forum has been added to the site today. Any registered member can post leaflets for sale here. I have started the ball rolling by listing several leaflets.

New PsyWar / PSYOP Discussion Forums

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 20:26:15 MST

We've added a number of psychological warfare / psychological operations discussion forums to the website.

There are specific boards for propaganda leaflet collecting, radio & broadcast psyops, press propaganda, and black propaganda. One forum is intended for presently serving and former psywarriors from the global military community.

For debate about News & Current Affairs and for more light-hearted and humorous chat stop-by the forums in the General category.

The old guest book has been integrated into the new forum system and does not require registration to add a comment about PsyWar.Org

Future mail-outs will only be emailed to registered forum members.

Help to Support PsyWar.Org!

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:05:10 MST

It is with regret that I have added advertising to PsyWar.Org. I hope it is not too intrusive but unfortunately as the website gets more popular and extra content added, the hosting costs increase. I have tried other ways of generating a little income to offset the costs of running the site but to no avail. So if you have found your visit to PsyWar.Org interesting and informative why not help to keep the site running by visiting one of our Google ad sponsors?

US military planting favourable stories about Iraq in the Baghdad press

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:51:51 MST

The BBC reports: "The White House has expressed concern over reports that the US military is planting favourable stories about Iraq in the Baghdad press..." See the full story here

Not that this is anything new. The British Special Operations Executive's (SOE) department D/Q was pioneering this form of black propaganda during the Second World War. The department, staffed by former journalists, conducted "secret journalism" and planted favourable stories in the world's press. Generally using friendly newspaper editors but also used bribery to get pro-Allied stories in print and to spread rumours (Sibs). Department D/Q also set-up there own News Agencies that continued after the end of WWII. One rumour that was successfully spread and reproduced on the front pages of newspapers in New York, London, and Sweden, was that Ernst Udet, Germany's WWI fighter ace and the Nazi's Luftwaffe Chief of Armaments Procurement, had committed suicide. To quash this rumour, the next day Goebbels arranged for foreign correspondents to interview Udet, to prove he was very much alive. Several months later, Udet by all accounts really did take his own life.

US: The Booming Business for Psy/Ops

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:39:37 MST

Here's an interesting article from CorpWatch.org by Jason Vest - "No one is sure how well psychological operations have worked in Afghanistan or Iraq, but that's not stopping efforts to step them up, using contractors to do it."

War Cabinet Memoranda - Publicity in Enemy Countries

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:15:25 MST

Reproduced are a number of British Government War Cabinet memoranda reporting on psychological warfare to Germany between 1939-1940. Most were written by Sir Campbell Stuart, head of Department EH. They discuss the effects of the dropping of propaganda leaflets on Germany, relations with France and with the Press, and other aspects of the propaganda war.

The Meaning, Techniques and Methods of Political Warfare

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 17:36:53 MST

In late 1942 the British Government's secret Political Warfare Executive (PWE) compiled a short manual titled, The Meaning, Techniques and Methods of Political Warfare which defined fundamental concepts relating to psychological warfare.Two versions were produced, a confidential version and a longer secret version. The secret manual, reproduced here, additionally discussed clandestine broadcasting, printed black propaganda and rumours, and propaganda aimed at re-educating enemy Prisoners of War. Only around one hundred copies of each of the versions were distributed to select government and military personnel.The definitions may have changed and other forms of media are now available to the modern Psywarrior but the concepts in this manual are as relevant today as they were during the Second World War.

Improved Search Facility

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:25:25 MST

An improved and more versatile search facility has been added to the aerial propaganda leaflet database. Leaflets can be searched by war, language, production organisation, between number of years and whether a picture and/or English translation is available for each particular leaflet.

US PSYOP posters and handouts in Iraq

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:10:00 MST

PsyWar.Org brings you a large update of posters and handouts currently being disseminated in Iraq by US PSYOP and Civil Affairs.

German WWII Subversive Propaganda

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 06:16:09 MST

The British National Archives have today released three volumes from the MI5 (Security Service) archives containing examples of Second World War German subversive propaganda leaflets directed towards Britain. One example is the famous spoof Evening Standard newspaper and other examples of German "black" propaganda.

Black Propaganda - Operation Braddock

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:28:09 MST

Operation Braddock was ordered by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1942 after reading John Stienbeck's latest novel, The Moon is Down. The British Special Operations Executive (SOE) and Political Warfare Executive (PWE) formulated a plan to supply the population of the Occupied Countries with concealable sabotage devices including the famous Liberator pistol and special incendiary packets.

Falkland Islands War PSYOP - A new article by Herbert A. Friedman

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:16:09 MST

"The Falkland Islands are approximately 8000 miles from Britain and the only major island group in the South Atlantic, about 300 miles east of Argentina and the continent of South America in the Strait of Magellan. There are two main islands, West and East Falkland and more than 100 smaller ones. The Buenos Aires government, which had declared its independence from Spain in 1816, claimed sovereignty over the Falklands. Britain began settling the islands and declared a colonial administration in 1842. Argentina never recognized the claim and historically has demanded that the islands be part of that nation..." In 1982 the Argentine military occupied the islands thus provoking war with Britain. Herb writes a detailed account of the small-scale British PSYOP campaign conduct during the short campaign.

Falkland Islands War Propaganda Leaflets

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 15:46:09 MST

The aerial propaganda leaflet database has been updated illustrating all the British propaganda leaflets produced during the 1982 Falkland Islands war with Argentina.

Aerial Propaganda Leaflet Database Update

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:46:09 MST

More leaflets to the aerial propaganda leaflet database.

Lord Haw-Haw by Sefton Delmer

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:39:39 MST

www.seftondelmer.co.uk has added an interesting article written by Sefton Delmer about the British Fascist William Joyce, aka Lord Haw-Haw. He was the voice on German radio broadcasts beamed at Britain and also a scriptwriter for the three German clandestine radio stations New British Broadcasting Service, Workers Challenge, and Radio Caledonia. In Delmer's opinion the German propagandists were unprepared for a black psychological warfare campaign against Britain and were too bullying and not subtle enough to be effective.

UK Information Operations in Iraq

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 08:17:26 MST

With the permission of the UK Parliament, PsyWar.Org reproduces the chapter regarding Information Operations (InfoOps) from the House of Commons Defence Committee Report on Lessons of Iraq.

PsyWar.Org now has an RSS news feed!!

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 11:30:00 MST

Our news section is now available as an RSS news feed at:
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British PSYOP propaganda leaflets distributed in Basra, Iraq

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 08:00:00 MST

Our thanks go out to William Nett for supplying these handouts which were distributed by British PSYOPs in and around al-Basrah, Iraq. The leaflets perform a Civil Affairs role helping to build trust between the Iraqi people and the Multi-National forces by showing that the Coalition troops are there to help Iraq to a better and brighter future, whereas the terrorists just offer chaos and death.

al-Zarqawi 'Rat-in-a-trap' PSYOP propaganda leaflet

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Thu, 19 May 2005 08:00:00 MST

A few updates to the aerial propaganda leaflets database including this PSYOP poster that was pasted-up in Iraq. I don't have a translation but I call it the al-Zarqawi 'Rat-in-a-trap' cartoon.

A new book Villages of the Moon: Psychological Operations in Southern Afghanistan

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Wed, 11 May 2005 08:00:00 MST

We are proud to announce the upcoming release of M.E. Roberts' new book Villages of the Moon: Psychological Operations in Southern Afghanistan. (ISBN 1-4137-5771-5, SRP $19.95)

Villages of the Moon offers a unique perspective into the challenging role of a U.S. Army Psychological Operations Team working in Afghanistan after the collapse of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. From tiny firebases scattered along hundreds of desolate miles of "moonlike" territory, PSYOP teams spread information through face-to-face communication, radios, and printed products which were passed out to local civilians. In tandem with Special Forces, far from the security of an American military base, these small self-contained units traveled the back roads and trails of the Afghan countryside to assess the needs of the people, help encourage local leaders, and inform people of the changes coming about in the country. This is the story of how those operations were carried out in one small area on a global field of battle.

For more details see: www.militarymemories.biz

The 60th anniversary of VE-Day

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sun, 08 May 2005 08:00:00 MST

Today marks the 60th anniversary of VE-Day. This leaflet newspaper announcing "PEACE" was dropped over Germany by the Psychological Warfare Division of SHAEF . The SHAEF newspaper was printed in four languages, German, French, Polish, and English and was intended to give news to displaced people in Europe including foreign workers and captured Allied Prisoners of War.

For more information please see here.

Happy St. George's Day - Update to the Aerial Propaganda Leaflet Database

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 08:00:00 MST

Happy St. George's Day to our English visitors! The aerial propaganda leaflet database has been updated including this WWII German propaganda leaflet that warns British soldiers about the dangers of Bolshevism taking over Europe.

Vail Valley Armed Forces Week

lee.richards@psywar.org (Lee Richards) — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:00:00 MST

Vail Valley Armed Forces Week - A Charity Event Benefiting U.S. Troops & Veterans

PsyWar.Org - Psychological Warfare, PSYOPS, Black propaganda, and aerial propaganda leaflets

PSYOP Photograph Library Update

15 (UK) PSYOPS Group Annual Report 2007/2008

Propaganda and Espionage Philately Update

Information Operations Europe 2008, June 24 - 26, 2008

Military Intelligence conference update

Military Intelligence Conference: 28th April & 29th April 2008 - Cafe Royal, London

The Aerial Distribution of Propaganda to the Enemy

World War I Aerial Propaganda Leaflets Distribution Methods

Psychological Warfare Branch - Bari

Nachrichten fuer die Truppe Translation Project

Leaflet Drops in America's Conflicts, 1917-2007 by Jared Tracy

Obituary - Edmund F. Lindner

11:00 hrs, 11/11, Their name liveth for evermore...

The Psychological Warfare Section, Federation of Malaya

Black Propaganda - Operation Periwig

Book Review - Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Twenty-First Century

NATO-led Information Operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, December 1995-1997

Support the families of our wounded servicemen and servicewomen

Aerial Proapganda Leaflets for sale

OSS Black Propaganda in 'America in WWII' Magazine

Fighting the War of Ideas like a Real War

PSYOP Photograph Library Update

New Book - The Psychological Warfare Division

25th Anniversary of the Falkland Islands War

Rhodesia PSYOP 1965-1980

PSYOP in Aden

International Institute for Strategic Studies criticises U.S. and NATO PsyWar

Nato reveals dark arts of psy-ops

Sir Stafford Cripps and the German Admiral's Orgy

PSYOP Propaganda Shop New Products

Israeli-Lebanon War Psychological Operations

Information Assurance for Defence Conference 2007

1100hrs. 11th November

A few aerial propaganda leaflets for sale

News as a Weapon

Origin of PSYOP Terminology

Psychological Operations during the Israel-Lebanon War 2006

Carlos Latuff's take on Israeli PSYOP

New site features

Site design update

Aerial Propaganda Leaflet Database & Philately updates

PsyWar.Org merchandise now available!

I'm Covered in Leaflets! The secrets of airborne propaganda distribution

Israeli leaflet drops in Lebanon and Gaza

PsyWar.Org featured in 'America in WWII' Magazine

Propaganda - A Weapon of War

New Book: Illness Saves by Dr. Do Good

More Malayan Emergency PsyWar

Propaganda and Espionage Philately

Whispers of War: The British World War II rumour campaign

Information-era Manoeuvre: The Australian-led Mission to East Timor

Review of Psychological Operations Lessons Learned from Recent Operational Experience

Information Operations Europe 2006 Conference, London

Psychological Warfare of the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960

British Psychological Warfare during the Malayan Emergency

Propaganda leaflet drop video over Mosul, Iraq

Functions of the 5th Army Combat Propaganda Team Report

Summarised History of the PWB/AFHQ Propaganda Leaflet Section in Italy

PSYOP of the Mau-Mau Uprising

Propaganda Leaflet Database New Features

Aerial Propaganda Database Updated

Propaganda leaflet sales forum

New PsyWar / PSYOP Discussion Forums

Help to Support PsyWar.Org!

US military planting favourable stories about Iraq in the Baghdad press

US: The Booming Business for Psy/Ops

War Cabinet Memoranda - Publicity in Enemy Countries

The Meaning, Techniques and Methods of Political Warfare

Improved Search Facility

More US PSYOP posters and handouts for Iraq

US PSYOP posters and handouts in Iraq

German WWII Subversive Propaganda

Black Propaganda - Operation Braddock

Falkland Islands War PSYOP - A new article by Herbert A. Friedman

Falkland Islands War Propaganda Leaflets

Aerial Propaganda Leaflet Database Update

Lord Haw-Haw by Sefton Delmer

UK Information Operations in Iraq

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