mildredsfierce:“What many didn’t know was that [Marlene...

mildredsfierce:

“What many didn’t know was that [Marlene Dietrich] was part of an American espionage organization called the Office of Strategic Services, or the OSS. She was one of the entertainers working for their Morale Operations division. The MO sponsored a radio program in Europe called Soldatensender West, which consisted of Allied News and American songs translated into German. Some of them were popular songs played only so that the soldiers would stay tuned for the propaganda that...