The counterpart to Tokoyo Rose, what was the common name given to Mildred Gillars, the American born radio personality who broadcast propaganda for the Germans during WWII?
Mildred Gillars Mildred Gillars Mildred Elizabeth Gillars (November 29, 1900 – June 25, 1988), nicknamed "Axis Sally" along with Rita Zucca, was an American broadcaster employed by the Third Reich in Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during World War II. She was convicted of treason by the United States in 1949 following her capture in post-war Berlin. Born Mildred Elizabeth Sisk in Portland, Maine, she took the surname Gillars in 1911 after her mother remarried. At 16, she moved to Conneaut, Ohio, with her family. In 1918, she enrolled at Ohio Wesleyan University to study dramatic arts, but left without graduating. She
Mildred Gillars The two often were confused and even thought by many to be one and the same. Gillars' main programs from Berlin were: Opening with the sound of a train whistle, "Home Sweet Home" attempted to exploit the fears of American soldiers about the home front. The broadcasts were designed to make soldiers feel doubt about their mission, their leaders, and their prospects after the war. Gillars made her most notorious broadcast on June 5, 1944, just prior to the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, in a radio play written by Koischwitz, "Vision of Invasion". She played Evelyn, an Ohio mother,