Tokyo rose recordings of groundhog

World War II Japanese propagandists

For other uses, see Tokyo Rose (disambiguation).

Tokyo Rose (alternative spelling Tokio Rose) was a name given by Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II to all female English-speaking radio broadcasters of Japanese propaganda.^[1] The programs were broadcast in the South Pacific and North America to demoralize Allied forces abroad and their families at home by emphasizing troops' wartime difficulties and military losses.^[1][2] Several female broadcasters operated using different aliases and in different cities throughout the territories occupied by the Japanese Empire, including Tokyo, Manila, and Shanghai.^[3] The name "Tokyo Rose" was never actually used by any Japanese broadcaster,^[2][4] but it first appeared in U.S.

newspapers in the context of these radio programs during 1943.^{[5][original research]}

During the war, Tokyo Rose