Lord Haw-Haw
Americannoun
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The last person to be convicted under the separate and more serious Treason Act of 1351 was William Joyce, a World War II Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw.
From Seattle Times
Most of the famous disseminators of disinformation during wartime, like Tokyo Rose or the English-speaking Nazi announcers known as Lord Haw-Haw, were people who had betrayed their own countries and gone over to the other side.
From Salon
In 1945, Nazi radio propagandist William Joyce, known as “Lord Haw-Haw,” was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by a British court.
From Washington Times
Debilitate the enemy using its own people, in their own language — Lord Haw-Haw, Tokyo Rose — over their own radios.
From Washington Post
And from then on, Joyce was known as “Lord Haw-Haw,” a staple of cartoons and jokes.
From Slate
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