Essay On Ww2 Propaganda

During World War II the British knew the only way to defeat the enemy was to become united as a country. The British knew they needed everyone's help in every possible way to succeed. But they also knew they would not be able to receive everyone's help by just word of mouth. So they came up with many tools and techniques to jazz up their propaganda to promote everyone to help out. Their main form of propaganda was posters. They used many techniques in their posters but some of the most effective one's were certain images and text, fear, and bandwagon.
In the Poster “England expects National Service” they are trying to capture the attention of all the citizens of England. The purpose of this poster is to motivate and persuade citizens to serve in the war effort. The tools and techniques used in this poster are Images and text. The image in the poster involves many different type of citizens dressed in a variety of uniforms, emphasizing that there is a job for everyone. The text in the poster is there to appeal to everyday people. The main purpose of images and text in WWII propaganda posters were to suggest a point of view or idea in citizen’s head. It is effective because it makes everyone feel like they are important and can …show more content…
An example of this is in the poster “Front-Line Breakdowns Can Lose Battles That’s why OUR Workmanship Counts”. This poster is to inform and again motivate workers to give their one hundred and ten percent when working. It is placing fear in the workers that if they don’t work to their full potential and a machine breaks because of a manufacturing problem then the workers are responsible for losing that battle and are responsible for the lives lost during that battle because they didn’t want to work hard. This technique works because no one wants to be responsible for something like that and that by the workers working their fullest they are then in fact responsible for the