The propaganda wars: Exhibition of unseen leaflets shows how states 'influenced their citizens'

The battle to influence the minds of citizens will take centre stage at the British Library later this year in an exhibition titled 'Propaganda: Power And Persuasion'.
It will showcase leaflets, radio broadcasts and films from the past 100 years, including literature dropped over Nazi Germany by Allied Forces. Many of the leaflets used in World War II have never been seen before.
The display sets out to show visitors how countries have used propaganda during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries to influence their citizens.

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  1. Allied Forces produced this graphic anti-Nazi imagery in 1941, but the gum labels were never disseminated in Germany. Pictures show a worker defying his Nazi boss, a worker battling a giant swastika,
  2. A leaflet dropped in Italy uses the Roman gladitorial slogan, 'Those about to die salute you'. The cartoon shows Hitler controlling a Mussolini puppet, as Italian soldiers head to their death
  3. Roosevelt's message to young American during World War Two was that 'Fascists offer nothing to young people... but death' (British Library/Office of War Information)
  4. A propaganda leaflet tells German u-boat volunteers they will be 'driven down into the grave'. The paper shows a submarine, but is pulled downward to reveal the body of a sailor (British Libra
  5. This Allied Forces message, disseminated in 1941, shows an autumnal leaf, with a German newspaper on top. The poster proclaims that 'the leaves have fallen - but there is still no German victory&#
  6. The exhibition's curator, Ian Cooke, told Yahoo! soldiers risked their lives disseminating propaganda during wartime. This poster says, 'We are the plutocrats (extremely wealthy)', while p
  7. Bert the Turtle's 'Duck and Cover song' told US youngsters how to prepare for a nuclear attack in the 1950s (British Library)
  8. The Propaganda display showcases leaflets, radio broadcasts and film from over 100 years. This dramatic image, used on a French publication, shows the RAF 617 Squadron's 'Dambusters' bombi
  9. The propaganda leaflets were dropped all over Europe during the war to affect the mindset of both soldiers and citizens. This French periodical, 'Courier de l'Air', was air dropped over Fr
  10. This image, disseminated in France in 1941, shows a mocked-up 50 Franc note (British Library/Foreign Office)
  11. 'De Wervelwind' (The Whirlwind), a periodical made for the Dutch and disseminated in 1942. Around 22 issues of the magazine were made during the war, and it was the only source of information

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