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Lord Haw Haw - Britain's Most Hated WW2 Traitor
On the 3rd of January 1946 Britain's most famous wartime traitor was hanged for broadcasting propaganda from Germany. He was William Joyce but was better known as Lord Haw Haw.
On the 3rd of January 1946 Britain's most famous wartime traitor was hanged. His name was William Joyce but he was better known as Lord Haw Haw. Throughout WW2 he broadcast Nazi propaganda from Germany to Britain. At the end of the war he was hated by much of Britain, but we hear from the son of one man who tried to save him from execution.
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