Tokyo Rose: World War II’s most controversial radio DJ
How a Japanese-American radio host became one of the most despised voices of World War II.
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Show Notes
In World War II, the Japanese military operated a propaganda station called Radio Tokyo. Along with jazz music, the station featured several English-speaking female announcers, who became collectively known as Tokyo Rose. But who was Tokyo Rose? And was she really the treacherous villain that the US government made her out to be? This story comes from the History Daily podcast.
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