ABSTRACT
This chapter examines some of the typical aspects of propaganda during Second World War, with reference to the United States and to other countries. As interesting and important as these varied promotional campaigns are for American society, the operation of propaganda on the international fronts is, in some ways, more enlightening and more exciting. The aims of wartime propaganda are: to mobilize and direct aggression and hatred against the enemy and to undermine and destroy his morale; to build up and preserve the fighting spirit of one's own country; to develop and preserve the friendship of one's allies. The British were busy re-establishing their industry and commerce on a peacetime basis and turned toward their rich dominions and colonies for co-operation. The leaders of National Socialism deliberately aimed at political, economic, and other controls by indoctrinating the masses with such powerful social myths as those of a superior race, imperialist expansion, and a ruling elite dedicated to their welfare.
