Critically analyze the attached british and soviet propaganda posters

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The Second World War affected differently Great Britain and the Soviet Union. Yet, these two countries each published some propaganda to, among other things, reinforce the war effort of civilians, as it is possible to see in the two posters chosen for consideration. However, the ways of communicating are in some ways dissimilar

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[...] light of the difficulties, Soviet economic accomplishment were nothing sort of miraculous. ( ) The Soviet Union in a short time managed to mobilize the entire economy fro the purpose of the war far more thoroughly than any other belligerent nation. By 1942-1943 Soviet factories were producing more tanks and airplanes than their German counterparts', Kenez, A History, Cambridge, p.144. Added to that the issue of the conflict in spite of the deplorable conditions of life of the populace and the lack of right to choose, this kind of propaganda to ‘encourage' people to work for the war effort could be qualified as ‘efficient'. [...]

[...] Indeed, the British poster introduce the situation: it enable us to see a railways store, plenty of heavy artillery, wagons, militaries talking, and railroad employees ready to go. Therefore, from this point of view, railways equipment appears to be the main decisive factor to win the war. The Soviet poster, on the other hand, shows the people working, establishing a parallelism between factories workers (blue-collar men and women illustrated) and farming (shown as a peasant woman on a tractor in a collective farm). These two figures of Soviet workers are under the authority of a Red Army soldier. [...]

[...] ( ) The potential of collaboration was particularly great ( ) large segments of the population welcomed the Germans as liberators.' Peter Kenez, A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p The purpose of the war was Stalin and the Nation: resurrection of Russian nationalism had preceded the war', Kenez, A History, Cambridge, p.150. So, it is in this context of necessity to fight to save the nation that this propaganda took place. was important to maintain national unity', Kenez, A History, Cambridge, p.152. [...]

[...] Bibliography Pat Ayers, Women at War, (Liver Press, 1988) Edward Townley, The complete A-Z 20th Century European History (Hodder and Stoughton, 2000) Peter Kenez, A History of the Soviet Union from the Beginning to the End, (Cambridge University Press, 1999) Henry Pelling, Britain and the Second World War, (Collins Fontana History of War and Society, 1970) Susan L. [...]

[...] Critically analyse the attached british and soviet propaganda posters Introduction The Second World War affected differently Great Britain and the Soviet Union. Yet, these two countries each published some propaganda to, among other things, reinforce the war effort of civilians, as it is possible to see in the two posters chosen for consideration. However, the ways of communicating are in some ways dissimilar. So, this paper will attempt to analyse, for each one, the similar and divergent points, first of all by identifying the general context in which they were published and comparing the situation of Great Britain and the Soviet Union in this period as well as people who the commissioned these propaganda tools. [...]