The Causes Of Propaganda During World War II

The U.S. government would release information but did not interfere with people’s opinions. Businesses and Media kept insisting the U.S. government to make the campaigns happen, but the government viewed as giving information rather than propaganda. There were two agencies that were created to publish the writing and distribution of propaganda. These agencies put out propaganda through posters, Hollywood studios, and radio. Posters were widely used for propaganda during World War II. Posters persuaded people to get involved because they “mostly had a positive message, which differed from other countries and they were designed by artists who were not compensated for their work”. In other words, people wrote messages that would persuade people to enlist in the war, it was not the same as other countries and the people were not paid for doing this. For examples, one of the posters in the article says, “We can do it” this was to shows people can do anything they desire. Comic books were also used as a propaganda. “Many comics had common themes among them associated with the war effort whether that be the characters fighting Axis Powers or purchasing war bonds, production, etc”. In other words, people drew pictures to represent war effort. In the article, “American Propaganda in World War II”, it shows a cover of a war bond defeating world leaders. Once

During World War II propaganda was ubiquitous. It consisted of a wide range of carriers including leaflets, radio, television, and most importantly posters. Posters were used based on their appeal: they were colorful, creative, concise, and mentally stimulating. Posters often portrayed the artist's views on the war. They demonstrated the artist concern for the war, their hopes for the war, and reflected the way enemies were envisioned. Posters also show a nations political status: they reflect a nations allies and enemies, how the nation saw itself, and its greatest hopes and fears of the war.

(Just as a side note, I had pictures of the posters in the original paper but couldn 't transfer them to here. The first link in the bibliography has tons of WW1 propaganda posters you can use.)

Another way this propaganda was very useful was that it targeted specific groups of people such as African Americans. An example of this type of propaganda can be seen in the poster “Colored Man Is No Slacker”. This photo depicts an African American man, and an African American woman holding each other as the man goes off to war. (Pg. 143) As an African American seeing this poster hanging around the town, it would make them consider that if they go out to war people would not think of them as loafers and they would be behind their country. This poster was very successful in brining African Americans into the war effort. Without posters like these, many African Americans would have not volunteered their services to the war, which is why propaganda during World War 1 was so effective.

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.

Propaganda has been present for generations. Whether it’s in politics or if it’s just used for advertising, it has mostly been used to publicize a certain view, or ideology. It has also been used many different times in history, but perhaps most notably in times of war. During these times, countries involved will promote bias ideologies in order to seem superior from their opposition. This is perhaps more evident during WWII, when devices such as the radio and the telegraph made it easier to promote false ideas to the people. This was used to the benefit of both the allies and the axis powers, as they used multiple different propaganda techniques to influence public opinion toward their enemies and promote nationalism.

World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history. Thirty countries were involved ending in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths. In 1939 Hitler invaded Poland which started the war that lasted six long and deadly years until the final defeat of Germany and Japan. Propaganda was used in WWII to persuade the citizens to help out during the war.

The Holocaust can be defined as a period in history between 30 January 1933 to the 8 May 1945 where the Jewish population were deliberately persecuted and murdered. In questioning the active participation of the German public in the persecution of the Jewish population during the Holocaust it is important to consider many influencing factors both preceding and during the Holocaust. These factors include the historical context which allowed Hitler to rise to power, specific laws and policies, the creation of the Jews as the enemy, control, separation and the final solution. Whether the German citizens were active or passive supporters or opposed to the actions of the Nazis will be discussed.

What comes to mind when you think of World War II propaganda? Maybe a poster urging American parents to purchase war bonds, or possibly the famous Uncle Sam poster, stating “I Want YOU For U.S. Army. Although both of these examples of American propaganda posters were effective, Walt Disney was even more so. Now, I know what you 're thinking, Walt Disney created harmless cartoons such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, not wartime propaganda. However, Disney actually created some of the most effective pieces of propaganda during the second world war and he did this through animation shorts such as Education for Death (1943). Education for Death is a ten minute short that displays the “making of a Nazi”, by following the life of Hans, a young boy born in Nazi Germany. With that being said, my paper will address how the medium of animation was used to comment on a particular historical event; in this case, wartime propaganda in World War II. In addition, through analyzing the animation style and narrative of this short, it will become clear as to why Education for Death impacted and socialized individuals so effectively.

During the active American involvement in WW2 (1941-45), propaganda was used to support the war for an Allied victory. Using a big majority of media, propaganda fomented hatred for the enemy and for American allies, used greater public effort of the war production and victory gardens, persuaded people to save some of their material so that more could be used for war, and sold as war bonds. Patriotism became the central theme of advertising throughout the war, as large scale campaign progressed to sell war bonds, promote efficiency in factories, decrease ugly rumors, and maintain civilian morale.

The propaganda in World War II was used in defense of deference and favoritism for each country. Moreover, defensive side was shown and illustrated in both nationalities. Japan was showing the fight for their land and the United States was more concentrated in the deliberate attack on Pearl Harbor. Racist was legal in the United States at that time and was input in some signboard. Also, the increased comments in different races were shown in the propaganda between Nazi, Japanese’s and Americans. As a matter of fact, the Japanese were more for moral and pure; if they have to die or be killed by the enemy to obtain superiority will be proud. Also said, American was scared to die because they believed dying is definitively the loss of the spirit.

Do you remember WWII? You probably weren’t alive back then, but do you know that propaganda was a major part of WWII? The reason it was such a big part of it was because they needed the peoples help, our army was really small compared to other countries, we needed a bigger army. For a lot of countries not just the us everyone needed a bigger army in case things got crazier. The easiest way to do that was through propaganda. Propaganda is information most of the time it’s a lie.

To make money during World War 2, The Office of War created war bonds and used mass media to promote them. An article from The National WWII Museum website states, “The U.S. government produced posters, pamphlets, newsreels, radio shows, and movies-all designed to create a public that was 100% behind the war effort.” These types of propaganda were distributed all around America and were put everywhere from post offices to schools, but they all carried the same message that influenced

axis forces, they made the mistake of dropping leaflets on their own front lines in order to reach the most soldiers at once, so MO made counterfeit leaflets and dropped them on the axis front lines telling the troops false information; Skorpion was terminated and they had to claim that all Skorpion leaflets were counterfeit to flush out the fakes (War Report Vol.2, p. 301). As you can see MO was able to create effective propaganda that created confusion on the battlefield. Propaganda will be different in other wars because of the evolution of technology and a greater understanding on how to counteract the efforts. However, the effect that the propaganda causes is something that will be pursed and replicated in a different medium.

Hitler made wide sweeps of propaganda to keep himself in perfect light and his enemies oppressed. Hitler’s main way of spreading propaganda early on was through his public speeches. He held a powerful and charismatic voice that convinced many Germans that he could solve the country’s problems after World War I. He promised many things for the German people, including: more land, a better life for those affected, along with a new and better Germany.