James Ball

The dirty war of Sefton Delmer

Anything to break German morale was allowable in Delmer’s broadcasts from Wavendon Towers – which purported to come from a disgruntled character within Nazi Germany

Sefton Delmer broadcasting to Germany from the BBC, November 1941. [Getty Images] 
issue 16 March 2024

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