On the homefront during World War I, civilians were mobilized to contribute to the war effort in various ways, such as working in factories to produce weapons and supplies, rationing food and resources, participating in propaganda campaigns, and providin
as well as the Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal, found guilty and executed. The event however is still highly debated politically. Several historians and Japanese nationalists have claimed that it has either been fabricated or highly exaggerated for war propaganda. The issue...
Comprehensive and meticulously documented facts about freedom of speech. Learn why the founders of the U.S. included free speech in the Bill of Rights, how courts have ruled in such cases, and much more. For example: • Totalitarianism • Private Party Suppression • Student Rights • ...
19. The First Gulf War brought about the rise of cable news, and thus, cable television. Media Coverage was very restricted as Coalition commanders feared the horrors of war would lead to anotherVietnamsyndrome, where the imagery turns the public against war in general. The Pentagon gave regul...
To give you an idea of how many people were rounded up and placed inside theWarsaw Ghetto, imagine the population of Minneapolis being forced into New York City's Central Park. Before the war, Warsaw's roughly one million population was about 1/3 Jewish. Over 400,000 people, including Jew...
Social media users on both sides of the latestIsrael-Hamas warare sharing the video, each falsely alleging that it’s proof the other group is creating propaganda about their own. In the clip, a young actor lies on a sidewalk covered in fake blood, his right leg bent backward, as a...
During World War II, thousands of people were evacuated from Britain's busiest cities. They were evacuated in order to keep them safe from German...
It subsequently became an amplifier for Hitler's propaganda, he accepted all responsibility for his transgressions and claimed that the real criminals were those that had signed the Versailles Peace Treaty at the end of the First World War. After the trial, he was sentenced to five years ...
In World War II, Britain became very concerned about the possibility of air raids against civilian targets. Their solution: move the civilians. In this lesson, we'll examine the child evacuation programs of WWII and see how they impacted Britain. ...
Propaganda, dissemination of information—facts, arguments, rumors, half-truths, or lies—to influence public opinion. Deliberateness and a relatively heavy emphasis on manipulation distinguish propaganda from casual conversation or the free and easy exc