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Mildred Elizabeth Gillars (née Sisk; November 29, 1900 – June 25, 1988) was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin, Gillars became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the United States.
Axis Sally was the generic nickname given to women radio personalities who broadcast English-language propaganda on behalf of the European Axis Powers during World War II. These included: Mildred Gillars, a German American who broadcast for Nazi Germany.
Nov 23, 2009 · Mildred Gillars, better known as "Axis Sally" to American GIs, sits for an interview with an AP reporter in her cell at a U.S. Army prison in Oberursel, Germany, after learning she had been released. The Oregon native served 12 years in jail for taking part in a Nazi propaganda radio show that broadcast throughout Germany aimed at American troops.
Sep 20, 2023 · On September 24, 1948, Mildred Gillars—the notorious American citizen known as “Axis Sally,” who had been living in Germany and broadcasting Nazi radio propaganda during World War II —pleads...
5 days ago · Just before the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, Axis Sally (an American appellation; she introduced herself in her sultry voice simply as “Sally”) broadcast a demoralizing and exaggerated account of the horrors awaiting any Allied soldiers foolhardy enough to invade Adolf Hitler’s Fortress Europe.
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally is a 2021 American historical drama film directed by Michael Polish, from a screenplay by Vance Owen and Darryl Hicks, based upon the book Axis Sally Confidential by William E. Owen.
Sep 25, 2018 · One of the most notorious Americans of the 20th century was a failed Broadway actress turned radio announcer named Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), better known to American GIs as “Axis Sally.”
