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How did propaganda effect WW1 in Britain? In the beginning of World War I, Britain wasn’t at it’s highest point. Infact, they were one of the weakest countries.1 They didn’t have enough soldiers to fight the war, and they weren’t a united nation. It wasn’t easy to get to the top, but Britain did it. With one simple tactic they managed to unify their nation, and gather soldiers for the war. How did they manage to do something so powerful, so fast? They used biased, and misleading information, also known as propaganda.2 Propaganda gave the Britain citizens morale, it helped create hatred towards other countries, and helped the army gain soldiers. The simple act of printing posters and pasting them in street walls, helped Britain go from the weakest, to one of the highest and most powerful countries during WW1. The main use of propaganda during WW1 in Britain, was to gain soldiers. When Britain first entered the WW1 in August 1914, they were one of the weakest countries. They didn’t have enough soldiers to fight the war with. The British government didn’t want to force civilians to join the army, so they created a better and more subtle way to make them join. They would use propaganda posters to make citizens feel guilty, and question their decision of not helping during the war. 3Between the 4th of August and 12th of September 478,893 citizens joined the army, and 33,204 joined by September 3th alone.4 The propaganda war tactic had clearly ​
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worked, allowing 8.7 million soldiers to fight the war during 1914 to 1918.5 Concluding Sentence? Propaganda also gave British civilians hope and morale, that Britain would win the war. Families would have negative thoughts about the war, since they would lose many loved ones. Propaganda would show them the opposite and the bright side of the war.6 They would show that Britain was fighting at it’s very best, and winning the war.7 This would encourage families to support the war, and allow soldiers to fight the war better, believing they are winning. Concluding sentence? WW1 propaganda gave civilians hatred towards other countries, and threaten the enemy. Some advertisements would state that Britain was better than the enemy. The best example of this are the propagandas towards the Germans. Britain was say that they were ready to fight them, and they weren’t scared.8 Others stated false things about enemy countries. Such as, Germans eating babies.9 This made british citizens believe that Britain was superior, and believe false things about the enemies. With all the propagandas saying the enemy were bad, citizens started to hate the enemy. Propaganda gave the Britain citizens morale, it helped create hatred towards other countries, and helped the army gain soldiers. It helped Britain go from rock bottom at the war, to one of the highest and most powerful countries. Propaganda was an enlightenment to the British, without it they would have been the weakest for all four years of the war. ​
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