Propaganda during WWII

Updated Winter 2011

Sites discussing propaganda

This site was updated in 2002 and is inspired by the pioneering work of the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA).

http://www.propagandacritic.com/

The National Archives: Powers of Persuasion

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_intro.html

U. S. National Archives. Guns, tanks, and bombs were the principal weapons of World War II, but there were other, more subtle forms of warfare as well. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy.

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html

World War II Propaganda, Cartoons, Film, Music, & Art

http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIpropaganda.htm

WW II Propaganda Posters

http://www.propagandaposters.us/poster1.html

Wartime Posters Lesson Plan

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/wartimeposters/

The War directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

http://www.pbs.org/thewar/media_gallery.php

http://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_war_production.htm

http://www.pbs.org/thewar/downloads/propaganda.pdf

No known author, but links to several hundred posters, magazines and graphics used in propaganda.  (Many different nationalities.)

http://members.tripod.com/ww2pics/Propaganda_main.htm

Propaganda Poster analysis worksheet. From the U. S. Archives

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/poster_analysis_worksheet.pdf

Women in WW II

Women at War: “Redstone's WWII Female "Production Soldiers"

http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/redstone.html

http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/ws200/megi-hold.htm

Texas Women's Unuiversity (Denton) Collection on the WASP

http://www.twu.edu/library/wasp.asp

WWII Women's Recruiting Posters

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/posters.html

Promotion of “Rosie the Riviter”

http://www.nps.gov/pwro/collection/website/home.htm

The Library of Congress: Rosie the Riveter: Real Women Workers in World War II

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/rosie.html

African Americans in WW II

The Negro Soldier in WW II. (Downloadable film).

WWII recruitment film aimed at African Americans. http://www.archive.org/details/negrosoldier

Integration of the Armed Forces.

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library:

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/desegregation/large/index.php?action=chronology

African Americans in WWII.

http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/WW2.HTM

Hispanics in WWII

Hero Street USA Monument and Veterans' Memorial

http://www.herostreetusa.org/

Hispanics in WWII Hispanics in the Defense of America

http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/unit1.htm