POWERFUL propaganda posters that were used to encourage men from the allied nations to sign up to fight in the Second World War are being released in a new book. The collection of historic propaganda ...

Propaganda posters were all too common during the Second World War. When the globe plunged into total war, there came a need to get everyone on board. That said, some of these left something to be ...

This is one of hundreds of propaganda posters designed to raise morale and reinforce defense themes during World War II. Many were colorful and attractive, undertaken by name-brand artists. But this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to these posters, few original examples have survived Though some wartime propaganda art has since become iconic, ...

Spotlight on an original World War II propaganda leaflet which the Americans dropped on Japan. Students view the History Detective episode World War II Leaflets, which is about propaganda leaflets ...

While some of the propaganda posters commissioned by the U.S. Office of War Information during World War II were designed to inspire fear, other posters -- like photographer Alexander Liberman's ...

The British WWII propaganda poster languished in obscurity for decades before it resurfaced in Barter Books in 2000. Although it was printed in 1939, it was never officially distributed -- it was ...

The film director and New York icon discusses the trials and triumphs behind the posters featured in his Brooklyn Museum exhibition. One section of the exhibition made me pause: a hallway-like area ...

It was 75 years ago, on Dec. 8, 1941, that the United States declared war on Japan—thus entering World War II The expression “loose lips sink ships,” has become part of the American popular lexicon, ...

Americans at home must avoid at all cost discussing information that could be used by the enemy. Speaking about the movements of ships seen from shore or the location of where family and friends ...

George Lucas’s Star Wars films have always borrowed their inspiration from old sci-fi movie serials. Inspired by the likes of Flash Gordon[i], [i]Star Wars‘s entire aesthetic–from swashbuckling with ...

The Brandeis University World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters collection includes nearly 100 different images (a majority from the WWI era) addressing a variety of American war aims. The ...