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The aim of my assignment was to show up till what extent the poster Keep Calm and Carry on is proof of nationalism during World War II. Due to my assignment being about nationalism, I have decided to redact an essay. Owing to the complexity and extension of World War II, an essay purports to be referred to all audiences and will show in an orderly way the development of nationalism, apart from supporting a point of view upon the propaganda as a result of the onslaught of Britain by Germany in 1940. I intend to disclose how the use of posters invoked a ‘state of mind’ from 1937 to the end of the war in 1945 using as reference the Thesis of Rebecca Lewis, this document analyzes the design and reception of British propaganda during World …show more content…
The Second World War was the most significant period of the 20th century which lasted from the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 to Hitler’s suicide in 1945. The road to war began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler announced Germany would stop paying reparations while he was remilitarizing the Rhineland and occupying the Sudetenland. The fact is that Hitler was attacking the Treaty of Versailles, a peace agreement established at the end of The Great War in 1919.
On September 1, 1939, Britain rifted appeasement policy and declared war on Germany with France after the invasion of Poland. By the following year, France was quickly overrun by the Nazis and left Germany dominant in Western Europe, which allowed Hitler’s next movement: the Blitzkrieg, a strategic way of fighting which involves coordinated attacks with the use of airplanes, tanks and soldiers. In 1940, Britain was trespassed by Germany, event that empowered British propaganda during the outbreak of the war. British Government recognized the need of using “effective advertising” in order to encourage public that the whole community was committed to a war …show more content…
The members agreed that the Ministry of Information should undertake a general campaign to produce universal posters with a steadying influence. At first, posters carried the slogan ‘England is prepared’ (MOI, 1939), but after several discussions British Government designed the first three official posters which featured the symbolic crown of King George VI. The first slogan was: ‘Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution will Bring Us Victory’ and the second one had the words: ‘Freedom is in Peril’ (MOI, 1939), both were used in public transports, stores and notice boards all over Britain. The last one was the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ poster, it transmitted the “Royal Message”, the aim was to cajole British population by saying that no matter what happened, the Crown would endure and achieve victory during
The aim of my assignment was to show up till what extent the poster Keep Calm and Carry on is proof of nationalism during World War II. Due to my assignment being about nationalism, I have decided to redact an essay. Owing to the complexity and extension of World War II, an essay purports to be referred to all audiences and will show in an orderly way the development of nationalism, apart from supporting a point of view upon the propaganda as a result of the onslaught of Britain by Germany in 1940. I intend to disclose how the use of posters invoked a ‘state of mind’ from 1937 to the end of the war in 1945 using as reference the Thesis of Rebecca Lewis, this document analyzes the design and reception of British propaganda during World …show more content…
The Second World War was the most significant period of the 20th century which lasted from the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 to Hitler’s suicide in 1945. The road to war began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler announced Germany would stop paying reparations while he was remilitarizing the Rhineland and occupying the Sudetenland. The fact is that Hitler was attacking the Treaty of Versailles, a peace agreement established at the end of The Great War in 1919.
On September 1, 1939, Britain rifted appeasement policy and declared war on Germany with France after the invasion of Poland. By the following year, France was quickly overrun by the Nazis and left Germany dominant in Western Europe, which allowed Hitler’s next movement: the Blitzkrieg, a strategic way of fighting which involves coordinated attacks with the use of airplanes, tanks and soldiers. In 1940, Britain was trespassed by Germany, event that empowered British propaganda during the outbreak of the war. British Government recognized the need of using “effective advertising” in order to encourage public that the whole community was committed to a war …show more content…
The members agreed that the Ministry of Information should undertake a general campaign to produce universal posters with a steadying influence. At first, posters carried the slogan ‘England is prepared’ (MOI, 1939), but after several discussions British Government designed the first three official posters which featured the symbolic crown of King George VI. The first slogan was: ‘Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution will Bring Us Victory’ and the second one had the words: ‘Freedom is in Peril’ (MOI, 1939), both were used in public transports, stores and notice boards all over Britain. The last one was the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ poster, it transmitted the “Royal Message”, the aim was to cajole British population by saying that no matter what happened, the Crown would endure and achieve victory during