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An American propaganda poster promoting war bonds, depicting Uncle Sam leading the United States Armed Forces into battle. During American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory.
Wehrmachtbericht (German: [ˈveːɐ̯maxtbəˌʁɪçt] ⓘ, literally: "Armed forces report", usually translated as Wehrmacht communiqué or Wehrmacht report) was the daily Wehrmacht High Command mass-media communiqué and a key component of Nazi propaganda during World War II. Produced by the Propaganda Department of the OKW (Wehrmacht ...
Some Japanese propaganda was aimed towards African-American troops and took advantage of the racist climate in America to incite “anti-war sentiment.” [27] Propaganda was distributed that was designed to highlight Japanese morality in comparison to American racism and commonly noted that Japanese victory would ensure discriminatory freedom ...
The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Ideology and Propaganda During World War II and the Holocaust. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02175-4. Kershaw, Ian (25 October 2001). Hitler 1889–1936: Hubris. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-192579-0. Welch, David (1993). The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-93014-4.
Nazi propaganda in October 1939 told Germans to view all ethnic Poles, Gypsies (Romani) and Jews on the same level as Untermenschen. [159] To prevent such anti-Polish stigma, when Polish children were kidnapped for Germanization, official orders forbade making the term "Germanizable Polish children" known to the public. [160]
Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops (German: Wehrmachtpropaganda, abbreviated as WPr) was a branch of service of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. Subordinated to the High Command of the Wehrmacht (the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ), its function was to produce and disseminate propaganda materials aimed at the German ...
Propaganda posters of the Concordia Association in Manchukuo. In China, leaflets were dropped arguing that the "mandate of heaven" had clearly been lost, so that authority moved to the new leaders. [56] Propaganda also spoke of the benefits of the "kingly way" (王道 wang tao or, in Japanese odo) as a solution to both nationalism and ...
On February 20, 1939, a Nazi rally took place at Madison Square Garden, organized by the German American Bund. More than 20,000 people attended, and Fritz Julius Kuhn was a featured speaker. The Bund billed the event, which took place two days before George Washington's Birthday , as a pro-"Americanism" rally; the stage at the event featured a ...