Dai's Letter to the Forces 1944

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Radio broadcast by Lyn Joshua from the 2nd World War.

Excerpt from one of Lyn Joshua's wartime broadcasts to the people of Wales, supposedly from the front line. An excellent example of wartime propaganda broadcasts, it also includes detail on Cardiff life in the early years of the Second World War
From: Lleisiau'r Gorffennol
First broadcast : 04 May 1967

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 7-9

Subject : History

Topic : Twentieth century world

Keywords : Second World War

Notes : Why did we need propaganda in the war? What other types of propaganda can you name? (both recent and older) What does the clip tell us about life in Cardiff in the war? Look for photographs of the things that Joshua describes in this broadcast.


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