The history of radio: World War II... by pauline https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27 The idea of progress en-us 2017-02-28 20:42:35 UTC 2025-11-07 01:29:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png HELLO AND WELCOME.... powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/159973157 2017-03-14 13:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/159973157 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160240626 2017-03-15 13:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160240626 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160240947 2017-03-15 13:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160240947 Coming just two decades after the last great global conflict, the Second World War was the most widespread and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths. Sparked by Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, the war ended after six deadly years with the final defeat of both Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945 and the victory of the USA. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160242852 2017-03-15 13:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160242852 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160245166 2017-03-15 13:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160245166 ??? But what is the role, the power of radio in this war ??? powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160245545 2017-03-15 13:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160245545 1- Radio's power to unite was most evident and most deliberately put to use during WWII powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160245726 2017-03-15 13:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160245726 Indeed, WWII has been called a "radio war"..... powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160246175 2017-03-15 13:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160246175 The use of radio as a wartime PROPAGANDA TOOL was made famous during World War II by broadcasting organizations such as Voice of America and by shows such as Tokyo Rose, Axis Sally, and Lord Haw Haw. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160250193 2017-03-15 13:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160250193 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160251698 2017-03-15 14:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160251698 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160253150 Axis Sally and radio: propaganda tool in Germany]]> 2017-03-15 14:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160253150 The radio had a huge impact on bringing information to the public about war and other government issues. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160254636 2017-03-15 14:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160254636 During the World War II time period, 90 percent of American families owned a radio, and it was a part of daily life. So it was an obvious means of spreading war propaganda. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160255067 2017-03-15 14:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160255067 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160256231 2017-03-15 14:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160256231 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160263562 Example of Radio Programs Broadcast to Troops at the Frontlines ]]> 2017-03-15 14:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160263562 -The radios of countries in war did not introduce events similarly, it often gave only information in their favour, they said " their truth ", contradicting the enemy radios. -The foreign radios like radio-London were occupied because they gave information against their enemies (Germany). German and regime of vichy made everything to limit transmission in the occupied zones. -There were even underground radios which contacted the resistance fighters and citizens. IT WAS A "RADIO WAR"... powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160266248 2017-03-15 14:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160266248 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160267367 2017-03-15 14:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160267367 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160267544 2017-03-15 14:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160267544 News of the front, official or underground speeches, encoded or personal messages are every day broadcast. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160270751 2017-03-15 14:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160270751 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160272153 BBC News British Government demand for Germany to withdraw from Poland September 2, 1939 

]]> 2017-03-15 14:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160272153 2-Radio was also used to try to influence and change the course of the war. Many people made very FAMOUS SPEECHES like Winston Churchill (1945...), De Gaulle (06/18/1940...), King George VI (09/03/1939) ... Some Examples.... powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160273878 2017-03-15 14:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160273878 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160281992 2017-03-15 15:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160281992 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160283297 2017-03-15 15:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160283297 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160284379 Great news in radio... Here, an example: Hitler has fallen]]> 2017-03-15 15:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160284379 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160285845 2017-03-15 15:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160285845 These famous face helped people to know how to react and to have information. Indeed, Radio also offered people GUIDELINES on how to help. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160286021 2017-03-15 15:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160286021 Moreover everyone was asked to help to win the war, by making extra efforts and working harder on the 'home front'. Children saved pennies, collected scrap metal and food waste, and knitted woolly hats for soldiers and refugees. Millions of women worked in factories, on buses and trains, and in hospitals and schools. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160288268 2017-03-15 15:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160288268 The radio served as a medium that provided a sense of national community. It's also a kind of propaganda. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160288648 2017-03-15 15:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160288648 The radio broadcasts, like other forms of entertainment at the time, were regulated by the government and were pushed to keep citizens informed about WAR EFFORTS and to encourage citizens to help the cause. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160289614 2017-03-15 15:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160289614 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160290297 2017-03-15 15:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160290297 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299140 2017-03-15 16:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299140 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299196 2017-03-15 16:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299196 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299354 2017-03-15 16:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299354 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299504 2017-03-15 16:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299504 3-To conclude.... WWII marked the peak of radio's role as a national unifying force. Many people had high hopes that radio would educate people in the complexities of the postwar world. They didn't realize that radio's role as the primary means of national communication was about to come to an end. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299672 2017-03-15 16:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160299672 WHAT HAPPENED ? powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160300862 2017-03-15 16:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160300862 HOW RADIO HAD TO CHANGE? powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160300944 2017-03-15 16:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160300944 At the end of war, the production of NEW MEDIA continues. The radio doesn't have a major place. It is replaced with television first in black and white then in colour. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160304398 2017-03-15 16:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160304398 Radio had to change: The first posts with transistor from 1954, quickly called "TRANSISTORS", allow to listen to the radio EVERYWHERE, on holiday, on the street, on the beach, in "party", the radio is not family any more but individual. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160306411 2017-03-15 16:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160306411 Radio has to take advantage of the arrival of the INTERNET to increase its development and its public. The Internet has for example allowed the radio to broadcast in zones which were not before covered by waves. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160307188 2017-03-15 16:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160307188 To finish, radio also changed its programmes: more musics, horoscopes, humorous broadcasts. . . powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160307695 2017-03-15 16:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160307695 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160309065 2017-03-15 16:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160309065 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160309196 2017-03-15 16:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160309196 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160309361 2017-03-15 16:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160309361 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160309509 2017-03-15 16:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160309509 The arrival of the mobile phone and of the Internet also played an important role. Indeed, it is easier to communicate with these apparatus. It is faster and it is possible to have pictures. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160310714 2017-03-15 16:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160310714 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312486 2017-03-15 16:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312486 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312624 2017-03-15 16:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312624 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312721 2017-03-15 16:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312721 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312806 2017-03-15 16:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312806 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312876 2017-03-15 16:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312876 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312908 2017-03-15 16:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160312908 Radio made possible for stories and news to be delivered to everyone in plain simple English. Radio was also used by soldiers and armies to communicate and have information about the battlefield. powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160316118 2017-03-15 16:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/160316118 powatt https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/161023471 NOTTEAU Corentin ]]> 2017-03-19 20:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/powatt/tivr5e08zc27/wish/161023471