3. These stories about gassing the German wounded on the East Front are due to a misunderstanding. The Gas Vans and Trains are used only for plague cases and are really merciful since the poor fellows would have no chance anyhow. 4. Unless the stretcher bearers on the Moscow front reach a wounded man within 30 minutes, he is frozen to death. 5. Note. The following rumour is intended to build up Galen as a heroic figure and utilise the opposition of the churches. 5. A Munster regiment mutinied when they heard that Galen had been stopped from preaching.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Canary Islands France Germany Gibraltar Italy Libya Russia Spain Tunisia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/105/37
- Document Types
- Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/105
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0105.037
- Keywords
- Rumours Propaganda Deception Technology Casualties Morale Deserters German U-boats
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Inter-Services Security Board
- Pages
- 4
- Persons Discussed
- Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Erwin Rommel Stephen Shoosmith
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Propaganda Censorship Psychological Warfare
