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Total War, Propaganda,
and U.S Gets in the War
Warm Up: Describe the
trenches of the Western
Front.
Get out Notebook #55
FRONTS: (Areas of Fighting)
Western Front: Germany attacks France through Belgium
Dominated by trench warfare
Eastern Front: Germany
and Russia battle in Russia.
Russia quits after Bolshevik
Revolution.
Italian Front: Italy battles Austria-Hungary
Asian Front: Japan declares
war on Germany so it can take
control of German-held
colonies
Mediterranean Front
Ottoman’s fight off
invasion in the
Dardanelles, but lose to
the British because of
Arab revolts
T.E. Lawrence – “Lawrence of Arabia”
African Front: African colonies taken by Allied forces
TOTAL WAR
Battles took months, not days. Soldiers
didn’t’ go home at the end of the day.
Civilian populations affected: draft,
rationing
TOTAL WAR
Trench warfare caused destruction of land and farming
1 out of 5 men killed, many more crippled and disfigured
TOTAL WAR
Women were needed to
work in industry
Submarine warfare killed
civilians
PROPAGANDA:One sided information
to push a view or promote a cause.
“The Huns are baby killers”
“The war is going well – it will be over soon”
“Anti war people are Communist”
Propaganda Objectives
“What You Want To Do”
Recruitment of soldiers
 Financing the war effort (bonds, loans, or taxes)
 Unifying the country
 Conservation of resources necessary to the war
(food, oil, steel, etc.)
 Participation in home-front organizations

Propaganda Tools
“How You Are Going To Do It”
Demonization- Portray the enemy as purely evil,
murderous, and aggressive. The enemy is often
committing atrocities against women and
children.
 Emotional Appeals- Playing on people’s
emotions to promote the war effort. Fear is the
most common emotion portrayed in these
posters.
 Name Calling- Reinforced stereotypes through
loaded labeling (“Commies”, “Japs”, “Huns”,
etc.)

Patriotic Appeal- Using patriotic language or
symbols to appeal to national pride
 Half-Truths or Lies- Embellishing the enemies
downfalls, and victimizing one’s own nation.
 Catchy Slogans- Using memorable phrases to
foster support for the war effort. (“Remember the
Alamo!”)
 Evocative Visual Symbols- Using symbols that
appeal to people’s emotions. (flags, statues,
enemy uniforms, etc.)
 Humor or Caricatures- Using humor by making
the enemy the target of the joke.

Military
Posters
Home
Front
Posters
The Red
Cross
British
Posters
German
Posters
French
Posters
Italian
Poster
Irish
Poster
1917 – THE BIG CHANGE
Russian troops so badly equipped that it
becomes a slaughter (must take guns from the
dead).
People revolt against the Czar with the help of
Lenin who is smuggled in by Germany.
Bolsheviks take over and say it is the
capitalist’s war.
Russia quits the war in 1917
1917 – United States Gets In
Step 1: Heavy anti-German
propaganda
Step 2: Lusitania sunk - 128
Americans killed
Step 3: Germans go back to
unrestricted submarine
warfare
Step 4: The Zimmerman
Telegram sent to
Mexico
1917: President Wilson declares
war on Germany