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The first patriotic war song of WWII in the U.S. was "God Bless America," written by Irving Berlin for a World War I wartime revue, but it was withheld and later revised and used in World War II. [4] There were many other patriotic wartime songs during this time such as, " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square " by Glenn Miller and "Arms for ...
"When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World)" is a popular song composed during World War II. It was written by Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler. [1] The first recording, by Vaughn Monroe, reached number one on the charts in 1943. [2] The song expresses the hopes for an end to the war.
The war in American culture : society and consciousness during World War II. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996. ISBN 0-226-21511-3. OCLC 32894116. Fauser, Annegret. Sounds of war : music in the United States during World War II. New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]. ISBN 0-19-994803-8. OCLC 819383019.
Films in Germany played a dominant figure in propaganda [20] during World War II in Germany. WWII was a blow to Germans film centers. [21] The film industry in Germany was controlled by the Nazis. [21] The ordering of the closure of the films was given where they were reopened later under the control of Nazi. People relied on the industry to ...
The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) was an organisation established in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment for British armed forces personnel during World War II. ENSA operated as part of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.
Many of these can be found on YouTube, for example the user Kocayine uploaded videos that came from old VHS tapes and recorded broadcasting of war music that were congruently paired up with combat footage that came from the region, [18] even to the point where one of them became an internet meme that was well received by neo-Nazis and Serb ...
Charlie and his Orchestra (also referred to as the "Templin band" and "Bruno and His Swinging Tigers") were a Nazi-sponsored German propaganda swing band. Jazz music styles were seen by Nazi authorities as rebellious but, ironically, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels conceived of using the style in shortwave radio broadcasts aimed initially at the United Kingdom, and later the United States ...
The "Panzerlied" ('Tank Song') is a Wehrmacht march of the Nazi era, sung primarily by the Panzerwaffe—the tank force of Nazi Germany during World War II. It is one of the best-known songs of the Wehrmacht and was popularised by the 1965 film Battle of the Bulge. [1] It was composed by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle in 1933.