全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP15292 Bombs, Broadcasts and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition to the Nazi Regime during World War II

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP15292
	DP15292 Bombs, Broadcasts and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition to the Nazi Regime during World War II
	Maja Adena; Ruben Enikolopov; Maria Petrova; Hans-Joachim Voth
发表日期	2020-09-14
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	Can bombs and broadcasts instigate resistance against a foreign regime? In this paper, we examine the canonical case of bombing designed to undermine enemy morale—the Allied bomber offensive against Germany during World War II. Our evidence shows that air power and the airwaves indeed undermined regime support. We collect data on treason trials and combine it with information on the bombing of over 900 German towns and cities. Using plausibly exogenous variation in weather, we show that places that suffered more bombardment saw noticeably more opposition. Bombing also reduced the combat motivation of soldiers: fighter pilots from bombed-out cities performed markedly less well after raids. We also provide evidence that exposure to BBC radio, especially together with bombing, increased the number of resistance cases. We corroborate these findings with the evidence on people’s opinions and behavior using unique survey data collected in 1945.
主题	Economic History
关键词	Resistance Nazi regime Bombing Radio propaganda
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp15292-0
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544270
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Maja Adena,Ruben Enikolopov,Maria Petrova,et al. DP15292 Bombs, Broadcasts and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition to the Nazi Regime during World War II. 2020.