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Propaganda Machinery In The Second World War

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The involvement of the United States in the Second World War between 1941 and 1945 is characterized many propaganda machinery by both the private's sector and the government (Brewer, 2012, p. 1). The country wanted to support in its military activities through the instigation of hatred to the enemies and to foster support from the citizens against the enemy powers. The government consolidated war support from the citizens through radio advertisements, newspapers, and posters (Amhistory.si.edu, 2018). These propaganda materials were formulated for large-scale promotion of patriotism facilitated through reduction of ugly rumors, agitation for efficient labor force and increased morale among civilians in support for the Allied victory (Riddle, …show more content…

2). It is a poster portrait of the legendary Uncle Sam, a debatable fictional figure originating from the War of 1812 (Andrews, 2017). It was first produced by illustrator James Montgomery Flagg and used as a cover image for the Leslie’s Weekly magazine of July 6, 1916, for an article title “What Are You Doing For preparedness?” As a satirical commercial artist since childhood, Flagg purposed the image to be a propaganda mechanism to push the US to declare war on Germany. However, the image would later be produced in more than four million copies by the US army to instigate the civilians to join the army at the height of the First World War between 1917 and 1918 and later on during the Second World War (Library of Congress, …show more content…

However, women had not been accommodated into the army since the home was regarded as their traditional place f work. In addition to the event of the great depression that destructed the American economy, Americans were disorganized in the workforce with a few men in the military waterfront. Americans required a reminder that anyone one could serve in the service of the country to win the war by using posters such “I Want Your for the Army” (Amhistory.si.edu, 2018). This poster can, therefore, be regarded as one of the most influential propaganda mechanisms America has ever used in wartime as it contributed to the voluntary recruitment of a large army in the First and the Second World

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