The Stalingrad Battle and the propaganda of the Independent State of Croatia: how the Croatian leadership turned The Axis defeat into a victory Cover Image

Bitka za Staljingrad i promodžba NDH: kako je po odluci vodstva NDH poraz Osovine u tisku NDH pretvoren u pobjedu
The Stalingrad Battle and the propaganda of the Independent State of Croatia: how the Croatian leadership turned The Axis defeat into a victory

Author(s): Alan Labus
Subject(s): History
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Independent State of Croatia; Stalingrad; Second World War; Ustaša - Croatian Liberation Movement; Propaganda; Newspapers

Summary/Abstract: The political task of the press of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was to portray the Stalingrad defeat as a victory. According to the instructions of the National Propaganda Office Department of Journalism, news agencies were not allowed to relese the news about the importance of the Stalingrad defeat and its effects on the further course of the war on the Eastern front.

  • Issue Year: 42/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-90
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Croatian