What if Germany won World War I? (Part 1)
Perhaps the worst single propaganda blunder has been committed were German Lusitania medallion Germans so proud of the sinking of commercial ship underwater Karl Goetz has designed a medallion honoring the victory One side shows the ship down with words No contraband top and liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine May 5, 1915 at the bottom engraver has added guns and planes on the deck to justify his shipwreck the back of the medallion depicts a crowd of people buying the Lusitania bills figure representing death and business above words while a man in the crowd reads a newspaper with the headline U-Boat Danger.
Unfortunately for Karl Goetz, he put the wrong date on the coin sinking, an error later, he attributed to a mistake in the newspaper he had read instead of the correct date of May 7, Goetz engraved May 5, two days before the actual sinking of the Lusitania This allowed the British to claim that the Germans had expected the ship to leave the port and premeditated murder committed large Goetz later corrected the date, but it was too late.
British intelligence has copied the medallion and advertising around the world to show the barbaric nature of the Germans Some 300,000 UK copies of the medallion were made on the instructions of Captain Reginald Hall RN Director of Naval Intelligence British replicas were sold for 1 pound each, with the proceeds going Blinded soldiers and sailors St Dunstan's Hostel and the Red Cross, in special boxes for RMS Lusitania outside a label on the box containing the medal play.
The German Lusitania Medal An exact replica of the medal which was designed in Germany and distributed to commemorate the sinking of the Lusitania This indicates the true feeling of warlords can stimulate, and is proof that such crimes are not just favorably considered but are given every encouragement in the country Kultur Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine May 7, 1915, she was on board at that time 1,951 passengers and crew members, 1,198 of which have perished.
This German medallion infuriated the Americans who had relatives on the lining In a way, he helped lead the United States into World War It was surely one of the great blunders of all time propaganda.
Another terrible mistake propaganda was running the nurse Edith Cavell Red Cross October 12, 1915 Actually, this error was so great that in 1960 when I presented my equipment from the First World War, I had a photo Edit Cavell on the front page the nurse was guilty; she admitted that she had helped the British and French soldiers escape to neutral Holland.
The Germans could have him locked up, or they could ship to England, they put him up before a firing squad after that atrocity propaganda to Germany believed if you could take a nurse, they could bayonet or burn babies and nuns rape that was a mistake of monstrous proportions Curiously, the French had also turned spies, but the Germans were too stupid to report in their propaganda the British do not have the same reservations about German murder of Edith, the daughter of a British pastor.
A similar error German, although a spy and not propaganda, took place in January 1917 British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister in Mexico offer cash and territory of the United States Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico in return for joining the German cause the Germans have also indicated that they would begin submarine warfare unrestricted telegram had such an impact on public opinion American who, according to David Kahn, author of the Codebreakers No other single cryptanalysis had enormous consequences Britons waited until 24 February to present the telegram to Woodrow Wilson the American press published news of the March 1st telegram April 6, 1917 the United States Congress officially declared war on Germany and its allies.
The US military PSYOP World War Commander Captain Heber Blankenhorn says German leaflets in an article entitled How US shelled the German lines with paper he said, just before the hour of our German attack began his great propaganda raid It sent fliers as we started.
You say in your loose leaf you serve honorably in the US Army Do you think it honorable to fight against the country that gave birth to your fathers or ancestors Do you think it is honorable to fall a country after he heroically defended for four years against a coalition of ten times his superior in numbers peoples.
For the soldiers of color Army Boys U S Hallo What are you doing here.
He continued to ask questions about the war for democracy in the country and Jim Crow lynchings cars, adding an invitation to come to Germany where they liked the color citizens, it ended.
They just enjoy the same social privileges as any white man, and a number of people of color have very good positions in business in Berlin.
This racial Home is interesting because it shows the confusion among the German propagandists They already producing propaganda attacking African soldiers among the French forces they would do exactly the same thing in World War II in a leaflet we discussed earlier they said, but barely England was aware that she could not beat the Germans, even with the help of most of the rest of the savage and the civilized world that you are convinced that the Germans were Huns your mortal enemies who these wild They were Arab and African colonial troops used by England and France, one wonders how the Germans justified to call the color of wild people in a brochure while inviting them to come and live in Berlin in another.
The Germans also produces propaganda newspaper entitled America in Europe and the Continental Times, it was published by the American Company in Europe, Frankfurt Main, PO Box 55 known dates are 5 August 12 August 19 August 9 September September 16 and September 23, 1918 a copy bears the notation French finder, located 200 meters south of hill 260, 2 Serres Athienville Road, about 12 kilometers north of Luneville Meurthe et Moselle each edition showed generally a satirical cartoon on the front page, for example, the edition of August 19 shows a man in an old pillory guarded by a German soldier part of the narrative is.
We call Herbert L Platt, vice president of Standard Oil Company, a liar He deserves the pillory because he lied that the Germans crucified two US soldiers See our issue of August 5.
The Germans also dropped a number of leaflets over the French troops Jeanne A picture folder of Arc, an old enemy of the British, and a poem of six stanza He reminded the French that the British always been their traditional enemy.
A second German illustrated brochure fell on the French market is the prime minister Georges Clemenceau holding Marianne arm the symbol of the French Republic in German air bomb Paris in the background The implication is that the old guard hawkish France in war by force, causing the death of innocent life Clemenceau had tightened internal dissent and had several top French politicians who have called for peace arrested the bottom of the leaflet text betrayal is poor Paris, but of accept peace requires that my hands are free finder wrote by hand in this leaflet, Chateau-Thierry, in April 1918.
Another brochure fell in 1917 on the French armistice explained that Germany had concluded with France Nicolas II signed his abdication March 15, 1917, but he hopes that the new Russian government would continue the war The leaflet is entitled Armistice suggestion and immediate peace with the Russian government that peace meant that Germany was now free to move his armies on the Western Front.
This German any text booklet was deposited over the French troops about two weeks of the end of the war, he was found by American Captain JM Smith September 24, 1918 at Pont-а-Mousson, a small town between Metz and Nancy Why an American officer St Mihiel offensive began September 12, 1918, the main attack was made by two American body I Corps was assigned a front of Pont-а-Mousson on the Moselle west Limey the text of the leaflet East.
Austria-Hungary proposed peace talks ulgaria B Germany and Turkey are not opposed.
Peace again before winter, peace for which all peoples yearn.
It now depends on the Allied governments if peace is made or the suffering of the people ravaged continue It is for the Allies to decide whether they will remain deaf to the wishes of the people.
Is it time to start peace negotiations We believe the answer is yes.
For German success of the spring and summer, Allied successes followed Nothing has been decided The German army still occupies fortified positions.
The two opponents are ready for battle again in the best of cases, this can be achieved The slow destruction of their enemy and further destruction of the French territory Whatever, priced new sacrifices of innocent blood.
The time is right for the peace negotiations to begin a peace of reconciliation.
It is up to governments and to the people of the Allies to decide.
On the subject of Russia, the Central Powers also dropped some leaflets of propaganda on the Russians An Austrian brochure entitled The Russian soldiers was dropped on the besiegers the Austrian fortress of Przemysl The Russian attacked the fortress on October 10 1914 and again from 7 November 1914 to 22 March 1915 text of the brochure.
The stories of your officers that our forces treat you badly when you come us lies utter do not believe a terrible winter arrives, with a large cold weariness and what you really want to suffer from the cold when you could be sitting with us in a warm room.
How many hundreds of thousands of your brothers are already with us, they live well, they are fed as they should, they get drinks, and many of them do not want to go home.
Then this war is over for you, the end of all suffering There is no hope of winning this war you If you keep fighting, you will unnecessarily increase your suffering.
Our armies are victorious over Russia, France, Italy and Turkey of former Serbian kingdom there is nothing Everything is in our hands soon there will not be even a Serbian army Why wait any longer.
Each usable weapon, you bring with you, you will receive 5 rubles for each rifle cartridge used a penny.
Both brochures above were prepared by Austria-Hungary and fell on the Russians They were both abandoned in 1915. The sheet on the left is a fake Russian proclamation signed by Nicolas II The false text Nicolas II said that war was forced against his will by the plot of his cousin grand Duke Nicolas generals and traitors who support the purpose of the war is to force the Tsar from his throne so he could be replaced by the Tsar claiming ensures his soldiers that he would never have voluntarily entered the war knowing beforehand that it would mean defeat for Russia mother However, because he fears for his life, he must continue to follow the dictates of his enemies, he concluded by asking his soldiers to refuse to obey the general and instead turn their weapons against any and all who threaten the life and freedom of your tsar and security and sta bility of the dear motherland the leaflet is signed, your unfortunate Tsar Nicolas II.
The leaflet offering a reward right is entitled to 7 rubles It is an offer by the Austrian military administration to pay seven rubles for every Russian rifle and a Russian kopeck for each cartridge turned over to Austrian authorities It can also serve brochure visit since the last line assures the reader that the prisoners of war in Austria are well fed and well treated.
We have a few specimens of German propaganda in Italy, but we have a British report of 26 May 1918 and entitled enemy propaganda on the Italian front to the report that the Germans were using aerial flyers, trench newspapers and brochures They all were printed in Italian and parachuted thrown by hand or taken from trench mortars According to the British report found by researcher Lee Richards, leaflets consisted of a single printing sheet, often on colored paper, they have a theme and are often disguised as socialist propaganda Some themes are as England, America and the capitalists are enriched by the war and the signing of the peace treaties with Romania and other Ukraine leaflets are of a military nature, announcing German victories on the western front and representative maps.
The main trench newspapers are The Zhiberna; Sprazzi di Luce; It Canestro; The Eco of Occidente; La Patria; Il Soldato; The Politica in Trincea and the benefit of the Third Italian Army Notizie of oltre PIAVE After the title and date each contain four to twelve pieces of information with titles Some of the topics covered are the submarine war, food shortage allies, and the insufficient support to expect from America Some typical categories are the losses of the colonial British troops; The effect of the new pistol to Paris; The peace movement in France and India; The defective equipment US troops; a call for the liberation of India; and ammunition production decreases due to the submarine.
The British report only three brochures, elaborate, well printed, bound in paper of a different color and including illustrations, maps and diagrams Albione e la Verita deals with the war in detail Underwater scampagnata inglese quotes Italia selected sentences from an article in the Daily Chronicle in saying how the British troops, like Italy, the conclusion being that they will never withdraw and that Italy is the last colony of the great Britain coarser brochure entitled How England treats its allies includes a chapter on the combustion Salonika by British photographs.
Two German Gott strafe England propaganda labels.
During World War II, Germans printed thousands of patriotic propaganda labels to put on envelopes were perhaps the most popular variety of vignettes with variations of the word Gott strafe England.
A German corporal has great knowledge of the enemies themes and leaflets Adolf Hitler recognized the shortcomings in the German Psychological Operations of the First World War During the early days of the Nazi party, he took charge of the propaganda business and studied how it could be used to build his political organization Hitler was determined that Germany would not be in default in the next war Some of his relevant comments in Mein Kampf are.
For that we have failed to do, the enemy did, with amazing skill and I brilliant calculation, myself, learned enormously from the war propaganda enemy.
The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding, through a psychologically correct form, the path to the attention and thence to the heart of the masses.
The function of propaganda is, for example, not to weigh and ponder the rights of different people, but exclusively to emphasize the right, he began to advocate.
The purpose of propaganda is not to provide interesting distraction for young blasй gentlemen, but to convince, and I mean we convince the masses.
All propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the more limited intelligence among those it is addressed.
It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.
Hitler concepts were noted and monitored and the results are clearly visible in the German Second World War propaganda Once in power, the Führer named Joseph Goebbels as the Reich Minister for Public Instruction and propaganda, that gave him total control of communications media - including radio, press, publishing, cinema and other art cities like Goebbels followed the philosophy of his religious leader and said, A lie repeated often enough is accepted as truth A few themes were repeated several times in the most base way Some of these themes are guilt of the Jews, Americans are at home with British women while Tommy is at the front, and British will fight until the last French died Many of these themes were at the beginning some success in the war that the tide turned and the Germans have been repeating the same themes, they became ridiculous and slightly better than their failure WWI propaganda philosophy The Fuehrer did not allow for flexibility.
German WW1 Psyop, German, PSYOP, each usable rifle, German submarine in 1915.