The World War One lasted from 1914 to 1918, in that time period, the Central Powered countries like Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey along with Allied Powered countries led by the United Kingdom, France, Russia and the United States made numerous of propaganda to their people and others for their advantage. Propaganda posters were used a lot, hundreds were made within the time period of war, their use sereved in various different ways.
"Trophies of the Air War"
"Trophies of the Air War" is a Central Power propaganda poster produced in 1917, one year before the war was over. The German painter, illustrator and graphic designer, Jules Gipkins was the one who produced the image in his home country, Germany. The propaganda poster may have been intended for all its enemies it was fighting, but especially in particular to Britain. The propaganda poster shows a silhouetted black eagle standing on top of a bullet-holed roundel, with blue on the outside, white in the middle and red on the inside and it also just so happens to be the same exact roundel for the precisely the British Royal Air Force. Therefore, the purpose of this poster was to show that German airpower domintaed the Allied airpower, which is signified by the defensive eagle, who had just damaged the enemy's airplane. The dominating print on the poster, Deutsche Luftkriegsbeute Ausstellung, translates to 'German Air War Booty Exhibition,' an exhibition that was going to be held in 1918 and may have been used to raise funds for the war effort. The words at the top, 'Delka,' may just be an acronym fr the exhibition itself (DEeutsche Luftkriegsbeute Ausstellung). With reference to the origin and purpose of the source, one value that the an historian or history student studying this event can clearly see is the target that England was for Germany during the war. The British may have been seen as a great opponent in the air and so they made sure to get rid of them immediately. Another value is the insight to how well guarded the cities of Germany may have been during the time of war against Britain. With reference to its origin and purpose, one limitation of the propaganda poster is the dishonesty it may contain by promoting the exhibition, so it may be uncertain if the posters were made to help raise funds or to really get a message on to Britain about how zero tolerant they are about air raids. Another great limitation is also the uncertainty to what the eagle may represent, though it could signify Germany's constant watch for dangers in the air, it may also represent another Nation's watch or help for taking down the enemies.
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"Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?"
"Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?" is an Allied Power propaganda poster from 1915. Savile Lumley, a popular book illustrator and poster designer produced this poster in Britain. The targeted audience the poster was directed to was mainly to all the men of the country. The purpose the poster was created for was to recruit men by making them want to volunteer in the armed forces of England for the war causes, as the poster shows, their motivation being their children that would grow up and ask what was their father's role in the Great War. The poster demonstrates a young girl with a book on her lap who is sitting on her father's lap and asks him, "Daddy, what did you do in the great war?" The father shows a look on his face expressing his uncertainty to how to answer the question he was just asked. There is a young boy in the ground, next to his father, who is depicted playing with soldiers. With reference to the origin and purpose of the source, one value that the propaganda poster shows is shown by the boy playing with the toy soldiers which displays the male attitude of romantic militarism and England's attitude toward the war. Another value the poster shows that could be useful for an historian is the influence that England had over it's men of the country. The country is basically encouraging them to join the war, a manipulating kind of way. With reference to its origin and purpose, one limitation within the poster is that it only demonstrates the Untied Kingdom's way of recruiting their men, but not the way other Allied Powers might have done it. Another limitation is that this poster may be dishonest because it is making belief that that children would ask their parents what they did to contribute inthe war, though that may not be the case at all.
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