Station introduction. Soldatensender Belgrad was a radio-station that broadcast news and music to German military all over Europe during World War II - with receptions reaching across the Mediterranean to North Africa. The station first played an obscure love song, ‘Lili Marleen’ which became a huge hit among German soldiers that German Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel requested it to be played daily. This fan base would later on include Allied listeners with UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill becoming a fan of the song.

Originally Radio Beograd (Радио Београд) the station changed to ‘Wehrmachtssender Belgrad’ (Armed Forces radio) when the Nazis took over. The station transmitted from the city of Belgrade, capital of then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, today of Serbia.

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