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Explain Why Propaganda Was Used In The First World War To Promote War Effort  

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Explain Why Propaganda Was Used In The First World War To Promote War Effort? The government used propaganda to persuade people to take your view by using the media; its main aim was to persuade people or to boost morale. Propaganda was especially used mainly at the beginning and during the First World War because Britain needed to boost the nations morale and for the support from the British people to make them believe that Britain was actually winning the war. Without all of the men's and women's support Britain would have lost faith and lost the war nearly immediately. Propaganda was represented in many different forms. There were propaganda posters that portrayed Britain as a high and mighty nation. One poster portrayed Lord Kitchener with his finger pointing at you saying, "Britons Lord Kitchener wants you, Join your countries army". It says Britons in bold font across the top...

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