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LONDON, August 29. From D Day onwards, thousands of Germans surrendered after reading a specially-produced newspaper which Allied planes showered on them daily for two months before the invasion until the final surrender. . After the Rhine crossing in Germany, the newspaper "News for the Troops" was supplemented "SHAEF," which was printed in nve languages for civilians and liberated prisoners of war. , ,■ Each paper eventually reached a circulation of 1,000,000. All were dropped in bombs or containers by planes from a British airfield specially set apart for these operations.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 52, 30 August 1945, Page 7
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91BROKEN BY PROPAGANDA Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 52, 30 August 1945, Page 7
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