How Did Lord Kitchener Use Propaganda

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Before World War I started in 1914, Britain had a small standing army. However, when the war was declared, men of Britain joined the army in thousands. This essay will explain the multiple reasons why so many men decided to sign up and will determine which idea is the most significant.

To attract men to join up, the British Government decided to use propaganda as well as censorship, which was the art of editing the news in someone else's favour. Propaganda is a method of any kind which persuades people to think or act to somebody's advantage, a technique to censor something to someone's benefit. In August 1914, Lord Kitchener, the Secretary of State of War, was the one who realised that Britain needed a vast army. So, he decided to create …show more content…

As a result, 100 men signed up per hour in the first weekend (3000 a day) and by the end of 1914 1,186,337 men had joined the British army.

Using propaganda, The British Government issued 54 million posters, sent 8 million personal letters, held 12,000 meetings, and military representatives delivered 20,000 speeches. As a result, the men of Britain thought the army would be exciting for a lot of reasons. Firstly, they would get the chance to travel to many places and see many sites. It was only the navy who went far out, everybody else just went as far as the next village, not nearly as far as the men in the army got to go.

Men also signed up because soldiers were the most respected and honoured men, encouraging men to join up to obtain that same amount of respect. When joining up, many men who worked together or came from the same place decided to join the army in groups called Battalions, and since many of the people in the groups were good friends, these groups came to be known as Pals

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