Propaganda
Britain
Germany
Centralised around
More effective than German
Stories of Atrocities
Posters and Cartoons
German having poor Morals
Lot of material to manipulate
Kaiser was a symbol of evil
Grew in newspapers and poems
Execution of British nurse Cavell
Sinking of the Lusitania
False/overexaggereated stories
Perpetuated British hatred of Germans
Killing babies and nuns
Reinforced beliefs
Applealed to villians patriotism and nationalism
Most common
Controlled by the 'War Propaganda Bureau'
No centralised government propaganda bureau (privatised)
Aims and appeals same as the British
Outright lies
Stories of atrocities
Allies drinking German troops blood
Allies blind a 10 year old German boy
Spent $100 million on propaganda in the US for civilians to support them
Not as effective as British