1. Propaganda and World War II
May 2017

2. To get started...
Think about your favorite advertisement. (It can be from television, radio, a magazine, etc.) Why do you like this ad? What makes this an effective ad?

3. What makes propaganda effective?
Read the pdf on the Moodle titled “What makes for Effective Propaganda” and find the four elements that must be present for propaganda to “work.”

4. What makes propaganda effective?
It must contain the following four elements:
Easy to understand
Emotional
One-sided
Available for the masses to see/hear
Who developed this theory???

5. Meet...
Adolf Hitler!
The excerpt was taken from his book Mein Kampf.

6. Enduring Understanding
Some governments and organizations use specific tactics to justify and gain support for wars.

7. An ad for the worst anti-Semitic film produced, called “The Eternal Jew”
“The narrator explains the Jews' ratlike behavior, while showing footage of rats squirming from sewers and leaping at the camera. The film's most shocking scene is the slaughter of a cow, shown in bloody detail, by a grinning Rabbi - and it is followed by, of all things, three innocent (presumably German) lambs nuzzling each other.”
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More information on this film is available at

8. German propaganda - Winston Churchill
Caption, not shown, says “Keep it up Mr. Churchill. Soon, we’ll be doing business together!”

9. As good as Hitler was at using propaganda, he was not alone...

10. When examining propaganda...
Consider both
(1) GOAL &
(2) METHOD

11. British propaganda during WWI

12. Portrayal of the Japanese (USA)

13. Portrayals of Germany

14. An ad for Victory Bonds

15. Portrayals of Women (WWI)

16. Portrayals of Women (Red Cross)

17. More portrayal of women...

18. More portrayal of women...

19. On the home front...

20. On the home front...

21. What about Dr. Seuss?

23. Over 120,000 Japanese-Americans (2/3 of which were US citizens) were sent to internment camps in the US

24. One of the biggest war “heroes”...

25. Disney and World War II
From , 68 hours worth of propaganda was produced!
Initially, it was for recruitment videos for the Navy, but later expanded to all service branches
Later, released “moral” boosting and educational videos to the general public.

26. Example - Der Fuhrer’s Face

27. Impact of Propaganda in US
Bonds
90% of the American public knew about war bonds within one month of their release
85 million Americans purchased war bonds, totaling $185 billion dollars (over half of the war’s cost for America) - other funds provided by raising the income tax
Military
Over 16 million Americans fought in WWII, the overwhelming majority of which volunteered to fight