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WWII: Intense Propaganda Posters

Chumps on the Front

Chumps on the Front

This Nazi poster aimed at Allied troops included this caption: "How will you die on the battlefield? Will you be maimed or blinded? The war marches on!" One of history's most insightful critics of propaganda, George Orwell -- himself a propagandist for the BBC during World War II -- wryly observed: "All the war propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting."

Photo: Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1945
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