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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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Source A “Will you fight now or wait for this” has been created by the Commonwealth Government of Australia. This source is a poster from World War 1 and designed in 1918. The poster was created to persuade people from Australia, especially men between the ages of 18 and 35 to fight against the Triple Alliance, and to also prevent the German Empire from invading Australia. Additionally, Source A would be useful to a historian studying the impact of propaganda on the Australian society during World War 1. This source would be useful because it depicts the outcome of Australia, If no troops from Australia were ordered to fight against the German Empire, nevertheless It also shows the experiences and impacts directed towards the civilians after

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Propaganda posters during World War II were used to address issues to citizens. In the article “History as Historical Documents”, by Rodney F. Allen, it was stated a good poster is one that communicates a clear message and draws the attention of the viewer (1). These posters were able to influence a lot of citizens to make sacrifices and decisions to help the troops while addressing controversial topics. One of the well-known propaganda posters was “We Can Do It”, with Rosie the Riveter. Rosie the Riveter was a strong and competent factory worker in jeans and a bandanna and urged women to fill jobs that men had to leave for the war (Olsen).

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During World War I, President Wilson established the Committee on Public Information (CPI), which was directed by George Creel and its main function was to promote the war effort via propaganda. One of the ways that they promoted the war effort was with the use of posters as seen above. These posters used various means of shaping the publics opinion about the war, who our enemy was, and our need to be involved. They also helped shape public support in recruitment, patriotism, and learning to sacrifice for ones country. As Clayton Funk argues in his article “Popular Culture, Art Education, and the Committee on Public Information During World War I, 1915-1919,” the CPI tried to romanticize the war to the American public instead of letting them know the real truth about the tragedies of war through outright censorship.

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