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O.P. History: Why did the government use propaganda during world war 2?
well i have history coursework that was due in last week :P and im stuck on it
the question im stuck on is:
Why did the government use lots of propaganda posters during World War II??

any help would be greatly appreciated (A)
10-18-2004 06:53 PM
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RE: History: Why did the government use propaganda during world war 2?
to make people think that britan were winning, and boost morale

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RE: History: Why did the government use propaganda during world war 2?
propaganda is a very effective war-tool...

Instead of shooting people you can drop leaflets with demoralising slogans on your enemies. It is done in the past and they still do it now (Iraq). This is a much much cheaper way to get your enemy demoralised or confused and thus less organised and thus weaker...

On the opposite site, you could drop leaflets with encouraging slogans on your own troops to boost moral etc...

Propaganda comes in many many forms. Mostly know are the planes dropping leaflets on cities. But, for example, the "commercial" video's shown between movies in the theater in Germany about how great Hitler etc. was is propaganda. On the other side, Britain did the same thing for their troops.
Also fake radio messages are a form of propaganda...


Think of it as advertising and think about how people will believe anything they read (Plus! = spyware). It is exactly the same...

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O.P. RE: History: Why did the government use propaganda during world war 2?
next question 8-)
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10-19-2004 06:12 AM
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RE: History: Why did the government use propaganda during world war 2?
dont be lazy :p u can do that one urself :undecided:
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RE: History: Why did the government use propaganda during world war 2?
value? it depends on what the person has gone thru. like let's say he got shell-shocked, the info that he gives might be different from what really happened. and also consider biasness
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