Wwii propaganda

Original Second World War artworks produced as propaganda for the Ministry of Information have gone online and are now freely available on Wikimedia Commons. More than 350 pieces have gone online so far, but there are plans to digitise the entire collection of almost 2,000 art works. We present a selection here. See this Wikimedia page for more.

Early cold war Propaganda poster

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EVERY country used them — and, just like today’s advertising campaigns, getting the words exactly right on propaganda posters was vital.

Poster, by John Falter; 1943; Unframed Dimensions 40H X 28W

Dehumanizing an enemy and striking primal fear into the hearts and minds of war-torn societies and malleable citizens has been the job of graphic designers and other visually astute practitioners. We call it war propaganda, but these overt messages are more than propagating a faith. They are manipulating behavior for generations to follow. These startling examples come from the Daily Mail in the U.K., from a story on how the Ministry of Information produced thousands of paper

Second World War recruitment poster

American War Propaganda

Propaganda posters served a vital purpose: to manipulate, to shape perceptions and further a cause. This site provides posters that are useful sources of media for students to evaluate the idea and vision of patriotism as it related to WWII. Links to NJSLA 6.1.12.A.11.d and 6.2.12.D.4.g (Kiana K.)

American WW2. He's fighting and she's just staring into space. They did a hell of a lot more than that. Mom was a WAC in WWII.

soviet propaganda poster

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30 Awesome Vintage Military Nurse Recruiting Posters. The American government put a lot of thought and artistic talent into creating posters to try and recruit women for nurse service through the Red Cross. It only makes sense that they would put just as much effort in attempting to recruit women to fix up the American boys when they get wounded in the war effort.