Every evening, people in occupied France turned a dial and listened for home.
The Voice
Radio Londres gave French exiles a microphone in London.
It countered propaganda, lifted spirits and passed messages that only a few could read.
The Messages
Postmen fell asleep.
Grandmothers ate sweets.
A cow had kittens.
To nearly every listener it was nonsense.
To the right group it was an order.
The Echo In Red Dawn
Red Dawn gave America its own version.
A voice on Radio Free America reads two phrases at midnight.
The audience in the occupied zone understands.
See Radio Free America and The Quote for more.
Sources
Radio Londres, Wikipedia
The BBC’s Coded Messages to the French Resistance, War History Online