Lale Andersen sings Lili Marleen. Andersen recorded the song in 1939, but it would only become a hit when the Soldatensender Belgrad - Belgrade Soldier's Radio, the radio station of the German armed forces in occupied Yugoslavia, began broadcasting it in 1941.

GERMANY - CIRCA 1942: Lale Andersen sings Lili Marleen. Andersen recorded the song in 1939, but it would only become a hit when the Soldatensender Belgrad - Belgrade Soldier's Radio, the radio station of the German armed forces in occupied Yugoslavia, began broadcasting it in 1941.