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May 1st, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the last broadcast of one of Britain's most infamous traitors. William Joyce was known to millions as Lord Haw Haw. Between 1939 and 1945 he broadcast from Germany to British homes, trying to undermine morale on the Home Front.
Despite his crude propaganda, he attracted a huge audience. His execution remains controversial; did the British courts have the right to hang him when so many others who betrayed the country escaped with prison sentences?
This is the story of patriot-turned-traitor, WIlliam Joyce.
May 1st, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the last broadcast of one of Britain's most infamous traitors. William Joyce was known to millions as Lord Haw Haw. Between 1939 and 1945 he broadcast from Germany to British homes, trying to undermine morale on the Home Front.
Despite his crude propaganda, he attracted a huge audience. His execution remains controversial; did the British courts have the right to hang him when so many others who betrayed the country escaped with prison sentences?
This is the story of patriot-turned-traitor, WIlliam Joyce.