The people are from different eras but are connected by a common theme which has bestowed them with memorable nicknames. Identify them, the nicknames and the theme that connects them. (The top right visual doesn't quite fit the theme but nonetheless has a memorable nickname.)Aside: Thanks to all of you for your continued support of the blog through 150 questions. Please let me know if you have any suggestions, ideas, grouses etc about the blog. Also, if you enjoy the blog, please spread the word to any one you know who might enjoy it.
Answer: These people are radio broadcasters during different wars who did propaganda against their own country and acquired derisory nicknames due to such activities. They are (from L to R, top to bottom) Tokyo Rose, Axis Sally, Baghdad Bob (he is an exception in that his propaganda wasn't against his birth country), Lord Haw-Haw, Hanoi Jane (this is the actress Jane Fonda) and Hanoi Hannah. Manix, Raghu, Divya, Rajesh and Shyam + Swapnaa got it. Well done.
5 comments:
1, Tokyo Rose (Iva, Toguri, Japanese American)
2, Axis Sally (Mildred Gillars, Maine-ly American)
3, Baghdad Bob (Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, Anti American)
4, Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce, Irish American)
5, Hanoi Jane (Jane Fonda, Hollywood American)
6, Hanoi Hannah (Trịnh Thị Ngọ, Not an American)
All were propagandists in the guise of wartime radio broadcasters, except for Bagdhad Bob: he was the propagandist-in-chief of Iraq (its Information Minister a la Nazi Germany's Goebbels), not just a radio broadcaster. In fact most of his broadcasts were on TV :-) His other nickname was Comical Ali, referencing the former Defense Minister whose nickname was Chemical Ali!
I do like the alliterative nicknames for 3 and 6 - excellent question Dinky!
Propaganda Radio/Broadcast
Iva Toguri - Tokyo Rose
Mildred Gillars - Axis Sally
Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf - Baghdad Bob/Comical Ali
Trinh Ngo - Hanoi Hannah
Jane Fonda - Hanoi Jane
William Joyce - Lord Haw-Haw
Tokyo rose (Iva D'Aquino), axis sally (mildred gillars), baghdad bob (Mohammad Said Al-Sahaf), lord haw-haw (william joyce) and hanoi hannah (Trinh thi ngo)
These were nick names to the people that were engaged war propaganda through radio broadcasts (world war II/vietnam war etc), and were generally involved in (or thought to be involved in) campaigns against their own country.
Tokyo Rose, Axis Sally, Comical Ali, Lord Haw-Haw, Hanoi Jane, ? - propagandists against US/Allies during wars.
Tokyo Rose, Axis Sally, Baghdad Bob, Lord Haw-Haw, Hanoi Jane and Hanoi Hannah
- Shyam &Swapnaa
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