Abstract
Marching into the Province of Ljubljana in September 1943 on the heels of the capitulating Italians, the Germans hoped quickly to re-establish order and pacify this strategic central European communication and transportation nexus. Instead they were absorbed, willingly or not, into a pre-existing vicious civil war between the Communist-led resistance force, the Osvobodilna fronta (OF — Liberation Front), and their anti-Communist opponents, many of whom had collaborated with the Italians. The Germans would enter as the third and least convincing element in a triangular propaganda struggle for the hearts and minds of the Slovene population of the province. The propaganda that was utilised by the three belligerents in the province would reflect not only each faction’s ideological predisposition, but also their relationships with one another, the mindset of their intended target and the growing realisation that Germany would lose the war.
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Kranjc, G.J. (2010). Propaganda and the Partisan War in Ljubljana 1943–45. In: Shepherd, B., Pattinson, J. (eds) War in a Twilight World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230290488_10
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