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Propaganda can be a powerful weapon, capable of arousing passions, unifying communities, stirring up fear, or changing minds no bullet or bomb can do. During World War II, Allied and Axis forces us… ...
John Power, a Destin resident and World War II veteran with the 35th Tank Battalion of the 4th Armored Division who passed away in 2011, said men in his unit used to hang pin-up girls in the ...
A proliferation of colorful and striking posters emerged as, in effect, the social media memes of the World War II era. Perhaps the most iconic was the Uncle Sam poster, created by James ...
Some photos show intimate moments: At a remote base in the Aleutian Islands, U.S. Navy aircrew amuse themselves with cribbage—and posters of pin-up girls. World War II is one of the most ...
The stash of 190 propaganda posters from World War I and World War II were found last year on top of two sawhorses in the basement of a Rochester, New Hampshire, library.
Posters from both World War I and II aimed messages about homefront food conservation at women. Left: National Food Emergency Food Garden Commission poster, c.1917. Right: U.S. Office of War ...
The image is from a World War II poster created by Polish artist Wladyslaw Teodor “W.T.” Benda. “Isn’t that beautiful?” asks Hal Wert, a professor at the Kansas City Art Institute .
GUEST: Well, we brought in a World War II war bond poster. About five years ago, I bought it at an auction in, uh, Nebraska, and we paid $400. There was more, uh, military posters, but this one ...