The Influence of Propaganda during World War I Propaganda was seen on an unprecedented scale throughout World War I that has continued to form an important part of today’s modern warfare. It was a useful tool that was very versatile that proved heavily and successfully to manipulate the enemies thoughts and feelings for specific purposes of the war efforts. Propaganda served for several purposes, was to spark nationalism to win the support and efforts of their respective country, and by justifying the reasons for their respective countries participation in the war, and to obtain the man power to fight the battle and to finance the war. I will analyze and discuss the different styles of propaganda that both the Central Powers and the Allies
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Propaganda attacked the emotional parts of human beings as women, children, dogs, etc. were used to stir up emotions. The sinking of Lusitania, by a German U-Boat with the loss of over 1,000 plus souls, provided plenty of scope for the propagandist to capture show why a war against Germany was justified. Their efforts were not in vain as public opinion was appalled by the use of military action against civilian targets. The bombing of Scarborough in the north of England by the German Navy, with the loss of many women and children, featured in British recruitment posters gave the British the sense of nationalism to fight back. The uses of propaganda would be to fabricate the total number of deaths, only choosing to report information that is useful to them, by eliminating information completely in order to give an allusion that fighting the war is valuable when in actuality it wasn’t. President Wilson proved successful as he convinced the United States of America to join the war efforts with these …show more content…
This propaganda made people feel nationalism and patriotism about their countries and excited them to want to fight and help in the war efforts. There were posters that suggested many different ways for the people to become involved in the war. Posters suggested that people buy liberty bonds or military bonds in order to help the country financially. Liberty bonds or war bonds were money that were given to the government to finance the war, and at the end of the war, the people would get the money back with interest. These bonds were important because the governments needed money to be able to pay the soldiers and to wage the war on the front. Wars are costly in terms of people and money. Recruitment posters took care of the former, but as the war dragged on the government increasingly advertised to raise funds. People were urged to buy government bonds that were sometimes linked to a patriotic duty message and targeting immigrants. This was also very helped in justifying the war for the good people of the US and Britain to help the victims of the horrible mean Germans. Receiving the funding from these bonds allowed for the country to sustain money to finance its own economy and became a great investment for the ones that invested in the
Propaganda attacked the emotional parts of human beings as women, children, dogs, etc. were used to stir up emotions. The sinking of Lusitania, by a German U-Boat with the loss of over 1,000 plus souls, provided plenty of scope for the propagandist to capture show why a war against Germany was justified. Their efforts were not in vain as public opinion was appalled by the use of military action against civilian targets. The bombing of Scarborough in the north of England by the German Navy, with the loss of many women and children, featured in British recruitment posters gave the British the sense of nationalism to fight back. The uses of propaganda would be to fabricate the total number of deaths, only choosing to report information that is useful to them, by eliminating information completely in order to give an allusion that fighting the war is valuable when in actuality it wasn’t. President Wilson proved successful as he convinced the United States of America to join the war efforts with these …show more content…
This propaganda made people feel nationalism and patriotism about their countries and excited them to want to fight and help in the war efforts. There were posters that suggested many different ways for the people to become involved in the war. Posters suggested that people buy liberty bonds or military bonds in order to help the country financially. Liberty bonds or war bonds were money that were given to the government to finance the war, and at the end of the war, the people would get the money back with interest. These bonds were important because the governments needed money to be able to pay the soldiers and to wage the war on the front. Wars are costly in terms of people and money. Recruitment posters took care of the former, but as the war dragged on the government increasingly advertised to raise funds. People were urged to buy government bonds that were sometimes linked to a patriotic duty message and targeting immigrants. This was also very helped in justifying the war for the good people of the US and Britain to help the victims of the horrible mean Germans. Receiving the funding from these bonds allowed for the country to sustain money to finance its own economy and became a great investment for the ones that invested in the