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    throughout the world on propaganda posters through World War I & II. Propaganda posters were a way to convince people to join various military services and help with supplies. The imagery of these posters included enemies being represented as giant beasts and civilians being harassed for example. Unfortunately the names of a lot of propaganda posters are unknown to this day but their imagery lives on. Say Nothing Cobber, Look Where Talking Got Me was a propaganda poster commissioned by the Royal

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    Britain would create propaganda posters to try to convince ordinary citizens to help the military effort in some way. In one of Great Britain's posters, it is stated "Front-line breakdowns can lose battles" along with a picture of a soldier trying to fix a vehicle in front of flames. It continues by saying "That's why our workmanship counts," which infers that we need to have skilled workers to prevent breakdowns and ultimately preventing lose of war-front battles. This poster also includes the

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    The intended goals of the influential posters were to influence public opinion whether it be for or against a precise political agenda. These propaganda posters manipulated public attitude into viewing things into their way of thinking. The pictures and words on the posters were meticulously chosen and used deliberately to influence the way one thinks. The strategies utilized in the posters appealed to emotions rather than logical reasoning and always had motivational factors to influence. Nazi

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    While fighting at war, Nazi Germany used propaganda as a weapon in many ways to shape the public’s opinion and to build upon the trust of the people. Because the country was at war, they needed a lot more of younger soldiers to enlist so they began recruiting through propaganda posters. The poster would normally include brave and confident looking women and men soldiers along with words or phrases to capture one’s attention. When young men and women look at this, they would get influenced by the

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    For example this propaganda poster is encouraging Australian men to enlist in the war. The use of second person in the poster pressures men to go help out by using word “you” and talking directly to the viewer. Also having woman and a child in the poster is compelling the man because the woman and child rely on the father/husband for protection as well as the sense of guilt felt if the viewer is not going out to help the others in war. This source is reliable because it is from the Australian War

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    care of the children. However, through the World War II propaganda poster exclaiming “We Can Do It!” featuring Rosie the Riveter, women were able to prove that they had the same abilities as men and began a revolution in the U.S. workforce. The poster was first introduced to the public by J. Howard Miller in 1942 for an ad agency that was commissioned by the Westinghouse Power Company. The poster was one of many other commissioned posters to aim at boosting morale amongst both women and men employees

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    The use of propaganda posters was a logical way to depend on public support to help with victory or defeat during the times of war. During World War 2, Canada frequently trusted propaganda posters for public support. Through the heavy use of elements and techniques, my image and slogan sent a message that joining the military was the patriotic thing to do, particularly in the context of fighting evil. Upon looking at my poster, “Destroy This Mad Beast” along with the image of Hitler taking over the

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    World War II and Propaganda Posters Propaganda during World War II was escalated to perhaps the greatest heights in history. Propaganda is used to manipulate information to influence public opinion, rather than merely communicate the facts about something. The American government used propaganda posters to persuade people to conserve material needed by soldiers, to discourage gossip about information heard about the war effort, and to invest

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    Propaganda posters have been around for centuries and will most likely be around for centuries to come. During the first world war propaganda posters became very popular and very useful. These posters were used for many things such as trying to convince people to buy war bonds, encouraging workers to carpool and not miss a day of work. One of the many uses for propaganda posters during the early 19th century was while the men were off at war the women should contribute to their country and take

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    World War I, you had two very important choices, to fight for your Country, or to to die with it. This essay will be expressing my opinions on the three main points of the Propaganda poster, “Will you fight now” that proves it is the most persuasive poster of the era. First, the use of scare tactics present throughout the poster was used to persuade and sway the men of America to enlist. Second, the use of the burning barn was more than just a scare tactic, it represents America under German invasion

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