Propaganda of the WW1

Propaganda was used in WW1 as in any war - and the truth suffered. Propaganda ensured that the people only got to know what their governments wanted them to know. In WW1, the lengths to which governments would go to in an effort to blacken the enemy’s name reached a new level. To make everybody thought in the way the government wanted, all forms of information were controlled. Newspapers were expected to print what the government wanted the reader to read. In fact, though this would appear to be a form of censorship, the newspapers of Britain, effectively controlled by the media barons of the time, were happy to play ball. They printed headlines that were designed to stir up emotions regardless of whether they were accurate or not. A lot of famous designs were made up during this time period for example, posters of German officers cruxifying Canadian officers, German soldiers cutting off hands of Belgium kids. All of these posters made the people think that the Germans are a bunch of savages and that they must be eliminated in order for the world to have peace, hence creating a kind of hatred among the people toward the Germans. This is what the government wanted to create a common enemy for the people, something for them to blame.