Propaganda During World War Two

Propaganda was a well known term during World War Two. Propaganda was used to inform the readers of reasons or opinions. Propaganda was a “major industry” during the period of World War Two, using various colorful posters, lengthy movies, and flyers to “massively effort to educate and convince the public” (Mahaney 41). One example of this was a well known character called “Uncle Sam”.
“Uncle Sam” was a character created when the U.S. Army was looking for young men to recruit for the war. The poster consisted of an older man wearing american themed clothes, and pointing outwards, creating the effect that he was pointing towards the reader. On the bottom, it had a simple catchphrase- “I want you for the U.S. Army.” The bright colors attracted

many bystanders and convinced men to join the war because they believed that they were doing good by joining the war to support their country. Propaganda was also used not only in the U.S. For example, propaganda had traveled to the other side of the world, including Germany.
During World War Two, a dictator named, Adolf Hitler used propaganda to turn the Germans against a well know religion, this religion was Jewish. Hitler had believed that the Jews were the common enemy, that they were fighting a war against the Jewish, rather than the U.S. . Hitler’s propaganda used red and white posters with a symbol in the middle, and on the bottom had a hateful phrase towards the Jewish, or giving reasons on why the Jews were so “evil”. He also traveled all around Germany giving speeches on how they must defeat the common enemy, and creating a legacy.
Even after the war was finished, the term propaganda never died. It had served it’s purpose by gathering support and earning many followers.