ocr: 76 The civilian population ofl France received no better treatment. Herr Goebbels's persistent slander machine brow beat them with his radio propaganda which spread defeatism and insisted that France had been betrayed by her ally, Great Britain. Horrible rumors were spread through towns and villages, augmented by mysterious reports of massacre and mayhem over the wireless. All these were designed to flush the refugees into the streets, to clog roads desperately needed for military transport: And when the highways were congested with terrified civilians, Hitler sent in the Luftwatte to strafe t ...
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