francesca derla, liceo enriques Recruitment posters Aiming at encouraging people to volunteer Initially successful In use for all the duration of the.
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francesca derla, liceo enriques
Recruitment posters
Aiming at encouraging
people to volunteer
Initially successful
In use for all the
duration of the war
Recruitment posters
Professional army
BUT
Conscription introduced in 1916
Recruitment posters
Posters encouraged people to
enlist , justified involvement,
urged responsible action
Good reasons for enlisting
Stress on pride
in serving and
a sense of
moral duty
….a pointing finger
Why fight for your
homeland?
Stress on
the beauty of the
motherland
What they would
lose were England
to be defeated
Women and the War
Serving would
make a soldier
more
attractive to
women
Women and the War
Women were also
urged to take up
responsibility
Doing men’s jobs
in factories and
heavy industry
The stigma of cowardice
Where were you
during the war?
Staying at home would
result in feelings of guilt
and shame
The enemy in the
propaganda
Stress on
the brutality
and the
cruelty of
the enemy