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