Charlie and His Orchestra
Description
Charlie and his Orchestra was a German propaganda swing band used in shortwave radio broadcasts during World War II.
Charlie and his Orchestra 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, after the German declaration of war on 11 December 1941.
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