The power of propaganda: wartime posters

The most famous war poster was Alfred Leete's 1914 image of Lord Kitchener pointing directly at the viewer. So successful was this image that it was adapted for American use in both World War I and II by JM Flagg


Savile Lumley's 1915 poster Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War? used guilt as a recruitment tool


This poster, also from 1915, suggests how easy it would be to help in the fight


Posters were the cheapest and most effective type of wartime propaganda


Women were also targeted, encouraged to contribute to the war effort


A woman also featured in one of the most iconic posters of the second world war: Rosie the Riveter represented American women who entered the workforce


Britons were encouraged to economise and grow their own food


Perhaps the most famous WWII propaganda slogan, careless talks costs lives, warned against spies, who could lurk anywhere: on the bus, in a restaurant...


...or at home

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So, what kind of modern propaganda do we see around us today? Please post examples of the types of propaganda that you find in your everyday life.

[edit on 10-11-2008 by warrenb]

Thanks for the post on propaganda posters. It's a piece of history and also how Nations even today use propaganda as a tool for influencing and molding peoples minds and viewpoints.

And now:


sais it all, nothing changes.

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[edit on 11-11-2008 by monkeybus]