Introduction
The beginning of the twentieth century saw the start of one of the world most devastating wars, World War 1. The First World War initially began in 1914 after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. After his murder the Austrian government declared war on Serbia as they believed that they were behind the murder of the Archduke. His murder was what started the war however there was tension leading up to the assassination. World War 1 involved most of the European powers including Britain, France and involved Russia and Japan. The war was fought between these European Powers and the Central Powers Germany, Turkey and Austria-Hungary which meant that these nations had to call on the populations to help fight (Royde-Smith, …show more content…
However, most of the propaganda used was to help seek funding from the public during the war (Duffy, 2000). During the war, international governments spent large of amounts of money and resources to ensure that they had the support of the public while fighting in the war (Cooke, 2013). Propaganda was a way in which the powerful nations who were fighting in the war could gain sympathy from the public as well as ensuring that they continue to support their country during the war as a country without support from the public will be unsuccessful in the war. Britain used propaganda to ensure that they had the support of their country as well as other countries during the war. Britain not only broadcasted propaganda in their country but they also targeted other smaller, neutral countries and often used Germans misjudgements and mistakes to their advantaged (Cooke, …show more content…
Source A is used to scare and intimidate the soldiers into fighting against communism for their own safety and not that of the government. Source I is a British propaganda poster which uses women and children as a way of encouraging men to join Britain’s army. The poster is also made more personal as they are making the men feel like they need to go fight in the war not only for their country but also for the women and children. On the poster, it also has the word “GO” in bold writing which catches the reader’s attention and this makes them feel like they are
The beginning of the twentieth century saw the start of one of the world most devastating wars, World War 1. The First World War initially began in 1914 after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. After his murder the Austrian government declared war on Serbia as they believed that they were behind the murder of the Archduke. His murder was what started the war however there was tension leading up to the assassination. World War 1 involved most of the European powers including Britain, France and involved Russia and Japan. The war was fought between these European Powers and the Central Powers Germany, Turkey and Austria-Hungary which meant that these nations had to call on the populations to help fight (Royde-Smith, …show more content…
However, most of the propaganda used was to help seek funding from the public during the war (Duffy, 2000). During the war, international governments spent large of amounts of money and resources to ensure that they had the support of the public while fighting in the war (Cooke, 2013). Propaganda was a way in which the powerful nations who were fighting in the war could gain sympathy from the public as well as ensuring that they continue to support their country during the war as a country without support from the public will be unsuccessful in the war. Britain used propaganda to ensure that they had the support of their country as well as other countries during the war. Britain not only broadcasted propaganda in their country but they also targeted other smaller, neutral countries and often used Germans misjudgements and mistakes to their advantaged (Cooke, …show more content…
Source A is used to scare and intimidate the soldiers into fighting against communism for their own safety and not that of the government. Source I is a British propaganda poster which uses women and children as a way of encouraging men to join Britain’s army. The poster is also made more personal as they are making the men feel like they need to go fight in the war not only for their country but also for the women and children. On the poster, it also has the word “GO” in bold writing which catches the reader’s attention and this makes them feel like they are