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Adolf Hitler Use And Abuse Of Media During Ww2

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“Defend Paris to the last, destroy all bridges over the Seine, and devastate the city”. This quote by Adolf Hitler shows the cruel intentions he had in mind for anyone who would believe in something different from him, this showed how Hitler abused his power over the media spreading prejudice against his opinions and beliefs. Radio and newspapers were greatly used during the war to relay information to civilians and other allies. They used radio and newspapers to spread propaganda to people to create a biased approach to the war. They also used films to allow wives, children, and families to keep up with what was happening during the war. Historical radio, newspapers, and films are important to learn about because it allows us to understand and learn from the historical events that impacted our society and world views, this one is the misuse of media and abuse of power spreading propaganda. Radio and films were popular forms of communication used during world war II to relay information to allies and keep their citizens up to date with the front lines and the intentions of the war. Men would be sent to the front lines to film the action, and from that moment, the films get sent back and are developed into a movie or added to be played …show more content…

During the 1940s newspapers were a very favored way of reading about world events, new jobs, and news going around town (gossip).“the Japanese community considered the newspaper as necessary.” These were the words of a fine journalist in Poston that noted this in a newspaper in 1942. People were concerned that newspapers were filled with “untruths” when seen with the word propaganda. People of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) had to find ways of continuing to keep the civilians updated with the war without sounding biased or speaking untruths. This is when the organization reached its peak in 1944, writing everywhere about

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