World War One: propaganda and trench warfare
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I can explain why propaganda about World War One was so effective, and understand the differences between this wartime propaganda and the realities of trench warfare.
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Wartime propaganda was used to encourage recruitment and persuade the population that war was necessary.
Wartime propaganda promoted the idea that fighting would bring glory upon soldiers.
Much of World War One was fought in trenches.
Conditions in trenches were appalling: the mud, rats, shelling, gore and inactivity traumatised many soldiers.
Much war literature attempts to evoke conditions in the trenches.
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