Propaganda Poster Analysis

The image I choose to use for propaganda is a little boy wearing a Nazi hat, above the child it goes to say “is he your child? You don’t want that" and under that it says, "Buy WAR BONDS before is too LATE! “. I believe the purpose of this image is to say hey you don’t want your child to become a Nazi soldier. So if you buy war bonds everything will be okay. The reason I select this artifact is because the little kid caught my eye with his blue eyes, blonde hair, and the innocence of his smile.

1. How much did the poster “Destroy this Mad Brute” rely on vilifying the German people? Do you think it was necessary?

Both negative and positive, propaganda affects our lives daily sometimes without us even acknowledging that it exists. The main goal of propaganda is trying to sell your product or idea to other people, one major form of Propaganda occurs in the news. Propaganda is used for companies and trend setters who want to get their products and ideas out in the world so that they could potentially become popular. Smart propagandists discovered that to create the best propaganda, the viewer must not even realize that the product or idea is being sold to them. Propaganda creates an extremely large impact on us and is sometimes mistaken for being “just another advertisement” when they actually change the way we live our lives.

Since sexual behavior is not usually spoken about in Japan’s culture the practice of comfort women was ignored for forty-five years. In 1948 the Netherlands was the first place anyone became concerned and tried to punish the soldiers. Some Japanese officers were convicted of forcing thirty-five Dutch women into comfort stations but there were not any trials where the native women were plaintiffs. In 1990 the Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery was created and went to trial in Japan. Shortly after, individual women filed lawsuits and wanted an apology and compensation but Japan refused, and still does today. Eventually in 1992 a discovery of documents in the archives of Japan’s National Defense Agency forced Japan’s government to admit they were directly involved in the use of comfort women as sex slaves. In 1995 the Japanese government had admitted moral responsibility and set up the Asia Women’s Fund. The Asia Women’s Fund was supposed to supply remaining comfort women with compensation and an informal signed apology from the prime minister but it was rejected by the comfort women because of it being informal

In World War II, Japanese Soldiers widely exploited Comfort Women. While this was a well-known issue, the use of men and women as sex slaves within Japan was ignored for nearly 45 years after World war II ended. It was not until 1992 that Japanese government paperwork acknowledges the use of comfort women by Japanese soldiers (Haas, 1992). Comfort women were often women, and few men, forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army. They were often taken from their homes, however, at the beginning of the war willing prostitutes were offered monetary support for their willing involvement (Haas, 1992). While comfort women were taken care by Japanese officials throughout the war, nearly half of them did not survive the ordeal (Haas, 1992). Japanese

wartime efforts against Germany and also to get more American citizens involved. Each propaganda poster, that was produced would focus on a specific issue in the war. For example, the United States used posters with the following themes: wartime bonds, women fighting, money and the recruitment of military men. In addition, the United States produced signs that had Uncle Sam’s image on them to add a symbol to represent the United States message towards all the fighting. Uncle Sam’s picture would have represented freedom and the desire to win. The United States out of all the other countries printed the most propaganda posters so their powerful message would

The techniques used to persuade the citizens contain very simple techniques of propaganda; plain folks and bandwagon are the two main ones. These types of propaganda are very useful and very easily caught on by the masses. What I mean by that is that everyone can either relate to the propaganda being used or have some sort of understanding of it. This by far is probably the most easiest and inexpensive propaganda to use as well as being simple with not much time to spend on producing in whatever way or form you decide to place it or put out.

The idea that I used for my poster was trying to encourage men, woman and children to help at home and in the war. I thought having a variety of ages could add importance to the poster. The techniques I’ve used for my poster was mass appeal, and bandwagon. I used mass appeal by including large images of soldiers, women, and children. I chose to use this technique so it would help many audiences become interested in it. I’ve used bandwagon by including “Join the road to victory” this is a very strong statement that almost acts like a command to the reader, thus making them feel guilty that soldiers are risking their lives to go save the country while they don’t participate. This strengthens the effect of my choice of including all ages and no specific audience.

After being thrust into the Second World War after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a majority of Americans came together, driven by shock and nationalism. “Avenge Pearl Harbor!” became a rallying cry for Americans across the nation. The effort of mobilization encompassed the entire nation; from big business to private companies to “victory gardens,” the nation was ready for a two-front war, in terms of machinery and morale. Wartime manufacturing mass-produced thousands of aircraft, armored vehicles, and trucks, along with new inventions such as the radar and early computers. Propaganda, mostly in the form of posters and political cartoons, sprouted everywhere to incite nationalism and a sense of duty to Americans. However, for German, Italian, and Japanese Americans, American World War II propaganda was typically used against them.

Many historians have addressed the issue of military prostitution during Japan’s imperial rule and the United States role in it during their reign. For roughly 50 years’ comfort women were the silent victims of war. During the 1990’s and 2000’s many Korean comfort women came into the lime light by opening up about their experiences in the comfort system. The Feminist Studies journal published Na Young Lee’s scholarly work, “The Construction of Military Prostitution in South Korea during the U.S. Military Rule, 1945-1948”, in which the author argues the view held by Korean feminist NGO’s in light to the Untied States responsibility for the eradication of the prostitution system is exaggerated. In addition, Lee adds that it not only

This form of propaganda during World War II was a poster reminding Americans why they needed to fight. This poster, "We're fighting to prevent this" represeants Hitler's Germany destroying our homes. It shows a large German boot with the Nazi symbol prominent on it crushing a building. The message being shown through this image is that we must put and end to what the Nazis could possibly do. The poster was encouraging Americans to fight in order to prevent Nazi forces from ever destroying American buildings. This poster particularly is aimed at influencing people about the reason America is in the war. It is being shown with the hope that it will influence able Americans to help with the war efforts, and prevent the Nazis from ever committing

Flashes of World War II propaganda cartoons from Germany, Japan and the United States demonstrate how they were by picturing the other species as rats and snakes. Based on these cartoons and images, which have some same points such as visual metaphor and hostile cliches to characterize and dehumanize their enemies, Dr. Keen believes that they are drawn from the artists being at the same schools.

This paper is a review of the book Japan’s Comfort Women-Sexual slavery and prostitution during WWII and the US occupation by Yuki Tanaka. This book was published in 2002 by Routledge. The book deals with the thousands of Japanese, Korean, Chinese and other Asian and European women who were victims of organized sexual violence and prostitution by means of “comfort stations” setup by the Japanese military during World War II.

The term “comfort women,” is a controversial term that refers to the estimated 200,000 women who were recruited by force or deception into performing sexual services to Japanese Imperial Army troops during World War II. Under the control of the Japanese military, about 80 percent of these young women came from Korea, but women from China, the Philippines,Taiwan,Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, East Timor, India, Guam and the Netherlands were also victims. were brutally beaten, raped, forced into prostitution and held prisoner across Asia. Throughout Asia, they were help captive as sex slaves and were continuously sexually assaulted. “Comfort stations” is the phrase used to describe the military brothels where the comfort women were held and forced to provide sexual services to many officers and their men. Comfort stations were typically located near the military camps in which Japanese troops were located. These military operated brothels were in Japan, the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand etc. An estimated 30 percent of comfort women survived the traumatic torture they endured in these comfort stations.

From 1910 to 1945, when Japan surrendered after its defeat in World War II, Korea was a colony of Japan during Japan's pursuit towards domination of Asia. Japan’s intent was to erase the Korean national identity. According to a BBC World Service Poll conducted in 2014, 79% of South Koreans view Japan's influence negatively, and 15% express a positive view, making South Korea, behind China, the second country with the most negative feelings of Japan in the world. Among many of the hardships and humiliations suffered by Koreans during this period, Japan’s occupation in Korea affected their education, communications, culture, government, and women negativity.