James Montgomery Flagg Propaganda

One can see the use of recurring propaganda in today’s time. The first poster of Uncle Sam, named “I Want You for the U.S Army” rose during 1917 as the original artist, James Montgomery Flagg created this poster to encourage recruitment in the United States Army at the advent of World War I. “I Want You for the U.S Army” poster was extremely popular as it had over four million copies of it printed and displayed throughout the United States. Flagg created the image to symbolize America and America’s demand for young recruits for the war effort. The representation of the colors of the American flag and “Uncle Sam,” a fictional man with a crisp stoic expression, as the main focal point revealed the type of features Flagg incorporated to explain

Such propaganda included posters asking people to “Wake up America! Civilisation calls every man, woman and child!” A British poster that emphasises the involvement of the total population in the war effort shows different kinds of people engaging in war responsibilities – men at battle, women in the workforce making uniforms, men making weapons – and it asks “Are YOU in this?” This kind of all-embracing propaganda had the aim to brainwash whole nations. The combination of the public’s thirst for information about the war and various governments’ urgent need to mobilise entire civilian populations for the war effort led to a moulding of the public’s thinking through the printed word. In Germany, for example, the military had the right to censor the press and any information that could distress the people was suppressed, while unfavourable news about a situation on the front was passed over silence, delayed or toned down. This was the same in Britain and France. The First World War was total because propaganda and censored news were used as weapons that could reach whole populations and intervene into everyday lives. Even though not all people were physically involved in battle, even children could look at a newspaper or propaganda poster and feel the impact of war through words that evoke fear, sadness, anger or give the urge to join the army.

During World War II, many of the American peoples were terrified about the war coming on to United States soil. Homeland security was at a high concern in the standard American home. The War was a prime time for the United States military to get the average able bodied man to get to work and fuel the military power. The purpose of this propaganda was to get people scared into working for the government to produce weapons and war supplies for the troops overseas. The imagery displays Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito surrounding the United States mainland as if they were going to conquer it. With the text “Warning! Our homes are in danger now!” was to frighten people and to increase the amount of production in the United States. This poster was also a campaign by the United States Military to increase

During the World War l, Britain and Germany both produced propaganda posters. The posters was designed to influence people’s opinion towards it. British worked diligently to win America’s support.

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In Document E, a German propaganda poster is shown displaying an octopus like creature representing Britain wrapping its tentacles around the world. The poster is labeled with “England is the bloodsucker of the world”. Also, an American propaganda poster is depicted by a man with red hair who has just thrown down a newspaper article with the headline, “HUNS KILL WOMEN AND CHILDREN”. Propaganda is information with biased nature presented to the public. By demonizing the Germans as devils who “KILL WOMEN AND CHILDREN” it forces the emotion of hate and the urge for the protection of the women and children. Also with the Germans, by portraying the British as “bloodsucker[s] of the world” if plays on Germany’s fear of closeness as they are surrounded by the Allied powers hence the Central power. Similar to this, in “All Quiet On the Western Front” by Erich Remarque, a German World War I veteran who started writing after suffering from PTSD, the main character Paul Baumer, a German soldier, has just killed a French soldier in a artillery crater. Paul is obviously conflicted with his actions for he says, “...But you were only an idea to me before, an abstraction that lived in my mind and called forth its appropriate response. It was that abstraction I stabbed. But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. Why do they never tell us that you

The battle flag of the Confederacy often referred to as the “rebel cross” was held in varying opinions through out Horwitz’s journey throughout the South. The dualistic nature of the flag was caught between two very distinct and different opinions of what it represented. The first being the view of pride in the ancestors who fought for their

Novels and texts about war, or more specifically the World Wars, are often written in a glamorized manner, and are told in the perspective of the victors. Consequently, seldom are readers allowed a glance at the losing side’s perspective. In the case of the World Wars, Germans are rarely cast sympathetically in literature, however, in All The Light We Cannot See and All Quiet On The Western Front, they are humanized rather than vilified. Anthony Doerr’s All The Light We Cannot See is about a blind French girl, Marie-Laure LeBlanc, and a German boy, Werner Pfennig, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Erich Maria Remarque’s, All Quiet On The Western Front deals with a group of German

“Why should we care for the Germans huh?” Slurred a man standing on the deck of the transatlantic liner. “All they did for us was try to kill us and destroy what we have, they got what they deserved.” He continued to yell toward a German man who had walked away long ago when seeing the boy’s condition. He had never been aware a simple hello could manifest such a response, as the boy had now been screaming his opinions of the past war for nearly 10 minutes, without a single soul there to commend his insight or write him off as a drunken babbler, though one would imagine many would be in the latter camp for what the boy was doing. This steamboat philosopher the German had been so ill to approach was Simon Lydon, the son of a son of a son of a

During the early 1900s a new era of warfare emerged as governments began to employ all economic, technological and psychological resources available to defeat their enemies. This concept of Total War altered the direction of humanity and governments understanding in their allocation of resources. This essay will examine the relationship between propaganda used during World War I, its effect on the masses and the absolutely essential need for the success of such campaigns in obtaining military victory. While leaflet propaganda used during the war will be the main focus, considerations will be given to other forms to illuminate the necessity of understanding and utilizing the tools of this very powerful

On Thursday, March 16th I attended Dr. Christopher Capozzola’s seminar on the World War I poems. He explored the issue of “Citizenship in Crisis: Centennial Legacies of the First World War.” He began his speech in a very creative way by discussing James Montgomery Flagg’s “Uncle Sam” war campaign posters. By 1917, there were over 4 million copies; making it the fundamental visual for the United States. With his political power stance and face, he gave life to the American by portraying powerfulness, watchfulness, and authoritativeness while also displaying individuality of the citizen and organization of the institution. This poster shouted the American Dream and gave solders a visual of what they were fighting for.

Disparity is the state of being unequal or different in some respect. This brings to inequality being lack of equality and also the distance toward the rich and poor. Poverty is when having very little or no money and very few or no material possessions. As for development is the act of improvement meaning gaining, expanding, or enlarging. Inequality and poverty can cause a country not to develop well, unless you have a good strategy. In this case I will show you a developed country (Spain) and a under developed county (Chad). I will do this by explaining four disparities of the same for both countries. Those disparities are total population, unemployment rate, and condom use.

During the war, many different techniques were used to persuade people to different things to help during the war. Many were about enlisting in the war and about the war efforts. During this time, many people were afraid of the war and how it was impacting the world. Both sides were involved in the spreading of propaganda, which in many cases are racist and mean. Both sides each had things similar and different about the ideas and messages that they portrayed in the propaganda.

the Germans in the war as the enemy. In the battle the enemy is shown

On the poster, we a see a large ape sporting a common German hat that says, "Militarism", representing what a German soldier would look like. In his right hand, he grips a bloody weapon that says "Kultur" (the German word for "culture". I believe this was an attempt to make Germans look like barbaric people. The ape holds a scared, helpless woman in his arms (to add on to the effect of being uncivilized) and he stands on the American shore, all behind him is ruin. I believe Hopps drew this poster the way he did, to enact fear in Americans. Though I believe it’s an extremely prejudice way of doing it, it for sure got his wish of a patriotic response. I think that people who were not allowed to enlist, would've spread the word and help