Essay On Ww1 Propaganda

During WW1, the Americans had influenced the war by propaganda. Propaganda is when you spread rumors to influence society. Propaganda was used to affect Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. In Germany propaganda was used to give the soldiers morals and people with false information that was sent by balloons or planes. In America propaganda was used to persuade other Americans to join the war against Germany. In Great Britain, propaganda was meant to convince men into joining the war and for people to save food for the war effort.

False information that was released by the British was actually successful because it had people from Germany not being able to trust that the right thing was going to occur. The false information then continued

to travel because it reached the front lines and dropped the morals of the men, because it made them think if what they were doing was the right thing because it might or might not have been worth the deaths of the fellow men. The government’s authority in Germany was also released. However, the United States citizens were also not too happy about the Germans attacking some of their ships. The people of The Great Britain were also motivated in the propaganda posters already, because each was greatly drawn and it helped to get attention from the people so they could get what was needed. This method helped the British sooner of later in the war.
Other posters advertised the transactions of Liberty Bonds, which was sold in The United States to support the allied causes of WW1.

These Liberty Bonds made it good for the future because you could receive much more money than what you bought it for, which made the communities to somewhat finance the war effort. Families with members that were in the war purchased many Liberty Bonds because they thought that it would take care of their relatives. Posters helped avoid people from using certain products. Posters like The Uncle Sam poster, that encouraged others to sign up for the military were popular also because the message was very straightforward while still showing that they will protect the American Dream. Still to this day, this poster is used to recruit soldiers into the war.

Some posters were designed to influence, promote through confidence, patriotism, and having a positive attitude. One propaganda that was like this was war propaganda which was also used in WW1 a vast amount of times. In WW1 it was used to support armed forces and inspire all Americans to help throughout the war. Cruel images were used to bring out powerful emotions, which drew attention to the people and their consciences, fears, principles and their values. Men, women, and children had to make give up personal things for a public

causes.
Propaganda did help WW1 because the Americans and the British joined sides. However, in Germany the people were not really sure about the government and their ways of doing certain things because some things caused the government to loose some powers that were about the people. Some propaganda machines were closed though, and in Germany some people were hopeless because the government was in chaos. This was a perfect time though because a new policy party could influence people and take control of the countries. Later on the Nazi’s used the same propaganda that the British had used in WW1 improving to help the German causes in the world.