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Paper Barrage Sows Confusion As German Front Crumbles
A wartime dispatch describes Allied leaflets dropped to German troops near the front. The aim is to erode morale without provoking mass surrender, highlighting messages that troops have little support, officers are deserting, and surrender is preferable. The effort, backed by U S Army signals and air drops, seeks to undermine the Nazi leadership and prompt an orderly halt to fighting.
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