WWI Propaganda
Wartime Propaganda
• Both sides waged a propaganda war • Propaganda is the spreading of ideas
to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause
5 Types of Propaganda
o Bandwagono Testimonialo Transfero Repetitiono Emotional words
Bandwagon
persuading people to do something by letting them know others are doing it.
Testimonial
using the words of a famous person to persuade.
Transfer
using the names or pictures of famous people, but not direct quotations.
Repetition
the product name is repeated several times.
Emotional Words
words that will make people feel strongly about someone or something.
WWI Propaganda Posters
WWI PoetryO! Ancient crimson curse!
Corrode, consume.Give back this universe
Its pristine bloom.
Rupert Brooke(1887-1915)
• The Soldiero Sonnet about WWIo Romantic notion
about waro Written in trenches
Alan Seeger(1888-1916)
• Rendezvous• American, Harvard
Grad & “Bohemian”• Joined French Foreign
Legion• KIA - Belloy-en-
Santerre
Wilfred Owen(1893-1918)
• Dulce et Decorum Est
• “It is sweet and right to die for your country”
• Very graphic• KIA 1 week before the
war was over
John McCrea(1872-1918)
• In Flanders Fields • Canadian Doctor• Written after death
of best friend• Died in base
hospital in 1918
US Enters the War
• State of Europe:– Lacked supplies– Millions of casualties– Morale = low
• Doughboys to the Rescue– April, 1916 US
declared war – June, 1916 US to
Europe
WWI Ends
• Nov. 9, 1918 – Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated
• At 11:00 on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the war ended as Germany and Allies signed an Armistice
Treaty of Versailles
• Ended the war• “Big Four”
o GB – David Lloyd Georgeo US – Woodrow Wilsono France – Georges Clemanceauo Italy – Vittorio Orlando
(Left to right) The “Big Four”: David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States, the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles.
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
• Handout• Note Point 14
o Formation of the League of Nationso Called “A lion with no teeth”o Why? Discuss with partner - 30 seconds
Terms of Treaty of Versailles
• Germany o Loses territorieso Demilitarizationo Takes all of blameo Must pay reparations
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