The Overseas Resistance on the Airwaves of the BBC - Czechoslovak broadcasts from London 1939–1945
The Overseas Resistance on the Airwaves of the BBC - Czechoslovak broadcasts from London 1939–1945

Author(s): Ondřej Koutek
Subject(s): Politics, Media studies, Communication studies, Government/Political systems, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: WWII; radio; propaganda; resistance; exile; BBC; London; 1939; 1945;
Summary/Abstract: During World War II radio propaganda became a mass impact weapon. In effect, the war was not just a clash of military forces and increasingly sophisticated weapons – it was also a contest of words and arguments. All sides began using international radio broadcasts to that end. For the Czechoslovak resistance-in-exile in London, radio was even more important: It enabled direct connection with the distant homeland, addressing and encouraging the occupied nation during its most trying times.

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