Alan
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@neverluckybro @fasc1nate Thank God he did not. Arrogance and overconfidence led to his defeat, like so many before him. His untreated syphilis didn’t help him out much either.
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@fasc1nate The war would've been so different if Hitler listened to his generals
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A Soviet poster from 1944 depicting legions of German soldiers fated to die in the Russian winter thanks to Hitler's orders.
Joseph Goebbels wrote in his diary that propaganda works by making people believe in an idea so strongly that they cannot let it go. Hitler agreed. After the Nazis took power in 1933, he created the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and put Goebbels in charge.
Goebbels pushed Nazi messages through art, music, theater, film, books, radio, and newspapers. He also shut down or censored voices that disagreed. He stirred anger over Germany’s defeat in World War I and constantly praised German strength and tradition. This helped create a climate where violent persecution of Jews and other minorities became easier to justify.
During World War II, German propaganda praised the German army and mocked the British and other Allies as weak or cruel. Soviet troops were often portrayed as less than human. After Germany’s defeat at Stalingrad in February 1943, Goebbels called for “total war” in a major speech, but he privately admitted that his influence was slipping as the war turned against Germany.
Britain fought back with its own propaganda. Winston Churchill set up the Political Warfare Executive in 1941 to weaken enemy morale. The BBC’s foreign language broadcasts were a major tool, and Britain also used fake “German” radio stations and dropped leaflets and postcards behind enemy lines to spread doubt and fear.
In the United States, Roosevelt created the Office of War Information in 1942. Its job was to support the war effort at home and hurt enemy morale overseas. The OWI used photography and media to promote unity and production, while also shaping how Americans understood the war.
Propaganda was everywhere, especially in posters, movies, and cartoons. Posters urged Americans to work harder and produce more. Hollywood made patriotic films, and the government supported projects like Frank Capra’s Why We Fight series. Even popular cartoon characters were used to keep people focused on the war and on the enemy.
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