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What is propaganda?
British WWI propaganda
poster, welcoming
Romania's decision to
join the Entente
With the storm of war
brewing behind her, a
personification of
America sleeps.
1917 GERMAN ANTI
FRANCE BRITAIN
WWI PROPAGANDA
POSTER -
A WWI propaganda poster,
commissioned by the British
Parliamentary Recruiting
Committee in 1915. The
look on his face suggests
he was one of the men who
elected not to serve his king
and country.
Another propaganda
poster, commissioned
by the Central Council
for the Organisation of
Recruiting in Ireland
This poster was entitled
"Carry On" and portrays
Lady Liberty as
accompanying the
American troops into
battle. It is meant to get
people to buy war bonds
in order to fund the war
effort.
In this propaganda poster, brutal German soldiers recruit a conscript a
civilian in occupied Belgium at the point of a gun. Belgian civilians were
sometimes used as forced labour during the war. However, German
misdeeds during World War 1, and especially stories of crimes against
civilians, were greatly exaggerated by the Allied war propaganda. During
World War 2, however, the German armed forces exceeded all expectations
of brutality and committed crimes far worse than the Allies even imagined;
most Nazi atrocities did not come to light until after the end of World War
2.
Even after the War,
British sentiment was
strongly against the
Germans. This poster
reminds its readers
that "Once a German,
always a German." It
also depicts past
German brutalities
and has a vignette of
Edith Cavell's grave
and the caption,
"1914 to 1918. Never
again!"
A French soldier
climbing a rock high
into the sky with
allied soldiers
following close
behind, atop
the rock is an iron
cross emblem with
the German eagle
on top, blood
pouring from its
talons
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How was
propaganda used
during WWI?
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Propaganda
ensured that the
people only got to
know what their
governments
wanted them to
know
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1. Literature
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Books
Pamphlets
Official publications
Ministerial
speeches
Royal messages
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Press
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Influencing foreign
press
Established
telegraphic
agencies
Various language
editions were
issued.
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Films
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By Wellington
House:
Britain Prepared
Battle of Somme
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Posters
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Recruitment Posters
Atrocity
propaganda
Reports- Bryce
Report, The Corpse
conversion Factory
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CONSCRIPTION to military service is a system
whereby the state requires all men (and in a
few cases women) to serve a period in the
armed forces. Begun in Prussia in the 18th
century, it was developed by Napoleon in
France and thence spread throughout
continental Europe
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1. When the war reached stalemate -when
there was no movement / gain of land during
trench warfare... both sides would gain some
land, but lose it again because of the poor
conditions and different technologies which
were introduced during this time
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2. Casualties of the Western Front was
appalling- more and more soldiers were
needed.
3. Reality of war dawned on people- news of
horrific casualties became known due to
newspapers
As war went on unemployment fell and wages
rose so people were not keen to volunteer for
military services.