„Czy chcecie, by was nadal wodzono za nos?”. Propaganda niemiecka wobec żołnierzy 2. Korpusu Polskiego we Włoszech. Cele — środki — motywy
“Do you want to be still led by the nose?”. German propaganda aimed at the soldiers of the Polish II Corps in Italy. Purposes — means — motives

Author(s): Aleksandra Korol-Chudy
Subject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The German propaganda was often used during the Second World War. Shortlyafter the first soldiers of the Polish II Corps set foot on the Italian soil in December 1943, theNazi Germany prepared a campaign to discourage them from fighting and to persuade themto desert. As part of the “Südstern” — “Star of the South”, carried out in Italy against the Allied forces, a German-controlled radio station “Wanda” was broadcasting in Polish, and propaganda leaflets were massively published and spread, urging the soldiers of the general Władysław Anders to return to their families. The Polish soldiers were encouraged to stop fighting against the Germans which were presented as the wrongly-conceived enemy and proving that the real threat to Poland were the Bolsheviks. The Allies were discredited and accused of treason and fraud. The German propaganda aimed at the soldiers of the Polish II Corps were used until the end of the Italian front.

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