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Lord HawHaw was a nickname given to the Americanborn Brit William Joyce who broadcast Nazi propaganda to Britain from Germany during the Second World War Lord HawHaw was a Nazi broadcaster during World War II Joyce emigrated to Germany and broadcast Nazi messages for several years The Reich Ministry of Propaganda used these broadcasts to discourage and demoralize Allied forces and the British population by exaggerating their war losses Up to 60 of the British population actually tuned in to Lord HawHaws broadcasts They lasted from 19391945 Eventually Joyce was captured by Allied forces and brought back to England for trial He was convicted of treason and hanged on January 3 1946 This recording from April 9 1940 is about the Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway