‘Axis Sally’ Brought Hot Jazz to the Nazi Propaganda Machine The voice of Nazi Germany’s U.S. radio disinformation campaigns would have had great success in the media landscape of today Mildred Gillars, a.k.a. Axis Sally, in custody at U.S. Counter Intelligence HQ, Berlin, 1946. (Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo) By Jackie Mansky smithsonian.com …