The propaganda that was used during WWII was extremely powerful. They pushed a lot of issues not would not have normally been brought up. Many Americans did not want to go to war. The people did not want to go to war in 1914 and they certainly did not want to go now. So with that the government used a pro-war style propaganda. The image above shows one type of propaganda. The idea of "it can happen here" was used to give examples of why America should enter the war. This was used before Pearl Harbor, and after that happened everything changed. The war did not seem so far away any more. After the U.S. entered the war the propaganda was heard on the radio and seen visually. Posters were still for the majority of the propaganda. During World War II the U.S. had one of the most successful propaganda campings. It helped with the production of labor and weapons. Many people this helped the U.S. win the war.
Another way propaganda was used through Hollywood. During this time there were many films in the 1940's that were centered around war. Many of the films showed patriotic themes. You have movies like Casablanca which showed that in the times of war you have men that would sacrifice themselves. There were also some movies and plays that were anti-fascist . Some would show characters trying to out-wit the Nazi's. You would also have cartoon characters like Bug's Bunny used in propaganda posters. Also they were Loony Toons cartoons that were banned because they were seen as racist because they were making fun of Japanese and Nazi's. Many other cartoons like Donald Duck was seen making fun of Nazi's. For example look at the two images below.
This seemed to be a very common theme in the 1940's.
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