James Montgomery Flagg Propaganda

Art in World War I was observed in many forms, from photography to art movements on the home fronts of many countries. What many people did not realize is that art was also used in the war for battle. Propaganda and camouflage were crucial to the success on the battlefield and they were used and produced in ways not normally seen in history before. Propaganda had existed before WWI but was used heavily in this war and was often negatively themed, to promote involvement in a war against the evil enemy. Complex camouflage of machinery, ships, and uniforms also arose during the Great War, and this

Imagine you’re lying on the muddy, damp Earth and all around you can hear the screams of people you know dying. Shells explode, bullets race through the air, and poisonous gas seeps around you, all with the intent to harm you in some way. Yet, you willingly put yourself in that position day after day, year after year. The question surrounding this situation is, why? Who would be masochistic enough to choose to put their lives in danger and live in the most perilous environment possible? Two very different books give us insight into the thoughts of the soldiers who continuously put themselves in these environments. Your Death Would Be Mine by Martha Hanna and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque lets us into the minds of Paul Pireaud and Paul Baumer as they try to survive life as a soldier in the Great War. I argue that Pireaud and Baumer had very different reasons for continuing to fight despite having suffered beyond belief. In this paper I will analyze how the varying degrees of patriotism, brotherhood, family life at home, and age affected how these two men endured the treacherous life on the front of World War I.

The artist’s overall message portrayed in the poster is ultranationalism. For instance, the poster depicts a clenched fist symbolizing unity, strength and defiance. Furthermore it conveys feelings of bondage to the Germans who are viewing it because of the chain. As a result of these two images which overshadow the factory in the background, a desire to free the Germans from the Dews plan grows within the hearts of the

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.

Firstly the man on the left looks very healthy. His posture makes him appear strong,powerful and proud. The man on the left also appears to be blonde which represents how the germans believed the Aryan race was superior.The man appears to be in the german military and by his facial expression looks like he is very happy. He is also holding the Nazi flag which represents how he is proud to serve in war. At the bottom it says “ German students fight for the fuhrer and people”. Fuhrer means a ruthless leader. I believe this means he is honored to serve in war and to fight and protect his people. The poster on the left is aimed at German men to fight in war and honor your country. On the right there appears to be a man who looks very scary and has the star of David on him which means he is a jew. In front of the man are the British,soviet union and American Flag.I believe the man represents Hitler and Nazi beliefs and ideals. . It appears as if the man is hiding behind the flags. Since these two posters are side by side and the German man looks powerful, I believe this represents how the jews are cowards who rely on other countries for protection. At the bottom of the right side it says,” Behind Enemy powers;The jew”. This indicates how the jews are to blame for germany having enemies. This also represents how the germans believed they lost the first world war to the allies because of the jews or that they believe the jews control the allies. This could also represent how they believed the jews provoke war. I believe this source was aimed at germans to convince them that the jews are harm to their nation and are the cause of their past sufferings. Through these propaganda posters, Hitler convinced the german people and promoted anti jewish hate. He gained the people's support through this and his violent movement

Stefan Zweig wrote in an autobiography about the enthusiastic reactions to war in Vienna. “There were parades...flags, ribbons, and music...young recruits were marching triumphantly...everywhere one saw excited faces” (Document

I do not believe that these two posters display the reason for war in that same manner. Rockwell’s image was more figurative and showed the nation that we were fighting to protect the freedoms that the United States offered. On the other hand, the image by Lawrence Smith was more literal using contrasting symbols such as a swastika and the American flag. This image show direct correlation with the hate and fear of the German people.

These sentiments could be seen across the country, and in worse cases citizens acted upon these notions. As Farwell recalled, “Those bearing German names were often molested, and in places lynched.” Because of this those bearing German names changed them and several towns did as well. These views were commonly rooted in the belief that the German immigrants were spies, which was a nearly identical assumption the Young Turks made against their Armenian demographic. Nevertheless, these beliefs would dominate the American public throughout the war, and one cannot help but to theorize that the excessive propaganda and government intervention caused some of these biases to formulate in a small town like Tulsa. As it would be difficult not to want to defend one’s country if the enemy being presented is of a barbaric gorilla rapaciously clutching onto a woman that symbolizes the Statue of Liberty. Even those who were illiterate in Tulsa would be able to discern from this poster that the enemy they were facing was not to be shown mercy or sympathy. Which in turn potentially caused perceptions of German Americans to be hyperbolized and soured. No person of German heritage was thought. Even the renowned brewmaster Adolphus

Their common political origins and disapproval to the Vietnam War played a fundamental role in creating dissent in the United States and Europe (Klimke, 186). Klimke says that because of West Germany’s status in the post-war world as first an occupied nation, and later as a chief Cold War battleground, America was a pivotal player in the culture and foreign policy of the Federal Republic (Klimke, 188-192). Efforts to reeducate Germans into becoming a more democratic nation, Cold War divisions, and what Klimke refers to as “a plethora of personal contacts and networks among Americans and West Germans [that developed in the post war years” intersected in America’s cultural policy towards West Germany (Klimke,

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

In the opening chapter, Paul Baumer, the narrator, recalls how schoolteachers, such as his own, persuaded their bright-eyed students to put on the German colors. Paul’s teacher, Kantorek, taught his students the importance of the war as he instilled in them the values of nationalism and patriotism. Everyday, he sprouted war propaganda at them in “long lectures” (Remarque 11). He glamorized the war telling his students that they were “the Iron Youth” (Remarque 18) and that “duty to one’s country is the greatest thing” (Remarque 13). Consequently, his students left class enlisted in the war one by one “until the whole of the class went” (Remarque 11). When the students left the comforts of home to volunteer for the war, they valued their country above all else and were prepared to face their own death as doing so lined up with what they believed in.

“Ads implied that if you bought a war bond your sacrifice was on par with that of the man in the front lines.” (74) The US government and industry played on Americans’ sense of patriotism in order to get them to support the war or buy their products. However, “Advertising had inherent problems as an educational tool. It is by nature emotional, rather than intellectual; it sells feelings rather than ideas.” (73) Government propaganda and business advertising were not the only factors in forming the inaccurate myth of the Second World War. Hollywood made films where “people get blown up with their clothes and fall gracefully to the ground” (100). Through the realism of motion pictures, such as 1998’s ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and 2001’s ‘Pearl Harbor’, Americans were falsely led to believe in a glorified war.

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

My art project’s intent was to dehumanize Wilhelm Kaiser II (at the time he was the Emperor of Germany as well as Prussia) as well as border it with a patriotic salute to the United States. The goal was to have the audience resent Kaiser, along with his country, to the extent where the public would desire to join the join the army, either as a nurse, doctor, troop, etc. The inner picture focuses mainly on a women who supports Germany, ballrooming dancing with death. This picture supports the quote, “To Side with Wilhelm Kaiser is to Dance with Death” claiming that by supporting Kaiser, you will either die or cause others to die due to the poor, terrorizing choices Kaiser makes. Furthermore, to convince the spectators why it is highly necessary

This suggests that the artist experienced the war from the German's side believe what they were doing was right or necessary and as a result should not have been punished. Furthermore living in Germany suggests that like most Germans the artists hate Clemenceau and the image is targeted at picturing Clemenceau in a negative manner reinforcing that the artist is biased with hate due to the downfall of Germany which is affecting the vulnerable citizens who had no say within the war yet were affected through poverty etc due to what German's would consider a too harsh treaty from the way which Germans