A soldier transmitter is used for maintenance and information purposes, above all however for propaganda purposes. On the one hand it is to receive and strengthen the moral of the fighting soldiers and zerstreuen any doubts about the sense of the actions. For this reason greeting transmissions are an important component of the program, therefore it is called also "bridge between front and homeland". On the other hand soldier transmitters are used also from the fighting opponent to the psychological war guidance, aimed disinformation is operated.

Some soldier transmitters

• German soldier transmitter (1960-1972), against the German Federal Armed Forces of arranged soldier transmitters of the GDR broadcast
• Soldier transmitter Belgrade, German soldier transmitter, 1941 world-wide admits attained with the radiant emittance of the song of Lili Marleen
• Soldier transmitter Calais, British propaganda transmitter during the Second World War
• Radio other oh one, soldier transmitters of the German Federal Armed Forces. (The Ursendung came from Somalia, later was added the Kosovo than new transmission area, and since 2005 also a Studio sends Kabul.)

Film

• Good Morning, Viet Nam. Film with Robin Williams as radio moderator of a soldier transmitter in Viet Nam.

Literature

• Michael Herms: "Here the German soldier transmitter" speaks. In: The lamella, Jg. 6, number 2 (20 January 2003): P. 5-7. On-line version

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