A poster portraying the “Second Patriotic War” as World War I was known in ... Following the revolution WW1 was largely forgotten, and dismissed by the Soviets as an “imperialist” battle.

Memorial Day originally was known as “Decoration Day.” This day was set aside after the Civil War to decorate the graves of ...

What the public thought about the war really mattered. The government needed to recruit lots of soldiers and wanted people to support them. Posters were printed that made the army look exciting.

Many of the films used footage taken from Axis propaganda ... a poster would help individualize the struggle for ordinary citizens. “Ideally,” a spokesman for the Office of War Information ...

"The essence of propaganda ... posters, movies, and even cartoons. Inexpensive, accessible, and ever-present in schools, factories, and store windows, posters helped to mobilize Americans to war.