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The term psychological warfare is believed to have migrated from Germany to the United States in 1941. [68] During World War II, the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff defined psychological warfare broadly, stating "Psychological warfare employs any weapon to influence the mind of the enemy. The weapons are psychological only in the effect ...
The Psychological Warfare Division of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (PWD/SHAEF or SHAEF/PWD) was a joint Anglo-American organization set-up in World War II tasked with conducting (predominantly) white tactical psychological warfare against German troops and recently liberated countries in Northwest Europe, during and after D-Day.
Morale Operations was a branch of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II.It utilized psychological warfare, particularly propaganda, to produce specific psychological reactions in both the general population and military forces of the Axis powers in support of larger Allied political and military objectives.
Paper Bullets: A Brief Story of Psychological Warfare in World War II. New York: Froben Press. OCLC 568030399. Newitz, Annalee (2024). Stories are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind. New York: Norton. ISBN 9780393881523. OCLC 1430659114. – first 30 pages online; Paddock, Alfred H. (2002). US Army Special Warfare: Its Origins ...
Beach Jumpers were U.S. Navy special warfare units organized during World War II by Lieutenant Douglas Fairbanks Jr. They specialized in deception and psychological warfare . The units were active from 1943 to 1946 and 1951 to 1972.
A Nazi German propaganda leaflet used during World War II in 1945 to demoralize US troops. Demoralization is, in a context of warfare , national security , and law enforcement , a process in psychological warfare with the objective to erode morale among enemy combatants and/or noncombatants .
War elephants were the ultimate weapon of ancient empires. Find out how they were trained and how they served, right up through World War II. War Elephants: Psychological Warfare and Combat ...
During World War II propaganda was replaced by the term "psychological warfare" or "psy-war." Psychological warfare was developed as a non-violent weapon that was used to influence the enemy soldiers and the civilians psychological states. Psychological Warfare's purpose is to demoralize the soldiers, or to get the soldier to surrender to a ...