German attempts to exploit anti-imperialist sentiment were
generally confined to North Africa. Germany used both print media and radio broadcasts
to disseminate propaganda that played on Arab and Muslim grievances against their
colonial rulers. By doing so, Germany hoped to help turn the colonized Africans against
France and (more importantly) England. If this could be accomplished, Germany felt, its
hold on the Mediterranean would be greatly enhanced.
German
propaganda attempts included both secular and religious appeals to North Africans. They
attempted to play on African resentment of colonization. However, they also attempted
to create support for the Third Reich because of ties between its hatred of Jews and the
anti-Semitic ideas expressed in some parts of the Koran and embraced by some
Arabs.
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