Propaganda played an enormously important role in the Second World War. Patriotism was a central theme, and the many posters produced by all sides during the conflict pressed home the need for a ...

Grove City College archivist Hilary Walczak recently stumbled upon 175 American propaganda posters locked away in a library cabinet. Dating back to the Second World War, they haven't been seen ...

Twice now while following the news of the war, I’ve had to pinch myself. The first time was when the Bush administration, perhaps inspired by the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” decided we ...

Some propaganda posters that have stayed in public ... Your Country Needs You. The need for military nurses ... He's Watching You. This 1942 American poster was created to let the public know ...

SL: This one [points at a poster of American boxer Joe Louis from 1942].. “We’re going to do our part. We’ll win because we’re on God’s side.” He said it at Madison Square Garden. Some ...

Amazingly, although the United States entered the war rather late—April of 1917—it produced more propaganda posters than any other single nation. During the interwar period and World War II, other ...

Last year, the college spent $25,000 to do a conservation assessment of the posters. It recently got an $8,000 grant that will be used to continue the assessment work.

Art of Life — Produced by Karen Smyles Propaganda is used to mobilize people in times of war. Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster presents 33 posters, most targeting Africans and ...