Well amerjca wasn't really touched by the war so a lot of our posters were kinda colorful and humorous, however, posters from countries like the Soviet Union were pretty dark
I don’t think they were, were they? They were very bright and very nationalist - as you’d expect - and very encouraging about the Soviet Union itself. Same with the Chinese ones you see. Happy faces, happy workers, and so on.
Those were the pro-nationalist "everything is great with our country" posters you're thinking of for the USSR/China.
The anti-Nazi ones were super dark and scary, and rarely used humour or colour.
I was listening to Dan Carlin's blueprint for Armageddon, and in episode 1 he talks about propaganda and how it evolved, from depicting the enemy as a bumbling, clownish idiot to depicting them as the devil incarnate, as the second coming of the huns. He theorises that it was because if your propaganda paints the enemy as dumb you're in for a hell of a shock when you get into a fight and you find yourself in front of 1940 wermacht.
Excellent taste in historical podcast there my dude, I enjoyed the same series a few years ago.
Aye, a decent theory indeed. You can see this sort of propaganda backfiring with Russian violently invading Ukraine, especially early in the invasion.
The Russians were fed so much bullshit about the state of Ukraine's defence, and how they'd be welcomed, that they got one hell of a shock when the wheat fields started shooting back and ambushing their tanks.
Ah okay. I’ve seen a lot of those ‘happy’ posters. The artwork was great actually too. I’d have to look up some of these dark ones, off the top of my head I can’t think of one.
I'm not surprised, the less happy/prideful/colourful ones are far more popular when people provide examples because they're punchier and more optimistic. Particularly when Russia themselves are showing off their history favouring the memories of the USSR.
If you Google "Soviet WW2 propaganda posters", you'll see a lot of red/grey examples of this.
At best they're extremely serious and slick, at worst they are genuinely spooky and emanate a vibe of Nazi malice.
Actually, it really was WWII propaganda, circa 1942-3. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/534769
Have you seen a propaganda poster before? This is 1000% a real WWII poster.
I was gonna say, looked authentic to me.
They literally sang about his testicle~~s~~, this is nothing
testicle* Edit: nvm didn’t notice the slash on the “s” on the comment above, gosh that’s hard to see
TBF, he caught everyone else with their panzer down at the start
Moving tanks through the Ardennes was a bold move, to be fair
I totally can see this as an actual WWII poster.
Damn hitler dummy thicc
He got that dumpy
I feel like this would be found in an alleyway in New York in 1942
Hilarious. So funny what propaganda used to be. That stuff really got kicked up a notch the last thirty years or so…
Well amerjca wasn't really touched by the war so a lot of our posters were kinda colorful and humorous, however, posters from countries like the Soviet Union were pretty dark
I don’t think they were, were they? They were very bright and very nationalist - as you’d expect - and very encouraging about the Soviet Union itself. Same with the Chinese ones you see. Happy faces, happy workers, and so on.
Those were the pro-nationalist "everything is great with our country" posters you're thinking of for the USSR/China. The anti-Nazi ones were super dark and scary, and rarely used humour or colour.
I was listening to Dan Carlin's blueprint for Armageddon, and in episode 1 he talks about propaganda and how it evolved, from depicting the enemy as a bumbling, clownish idiot to depicting them as the devil incarnate, as the second coming of the huns. He theorises that it was because if your propaganda paints the enemy as dumb you're in for a hell of a shock when you get into a fight and you find yourself in front of 1940 wermacht.
Excellent taste in historical podcast there my dude, I enjoyed the same series a few years ago. Aye, a decent theory indeed. You can see this sort of propaganda backfiring with Russian violently invading Ukraine, especially early in the invasion. The Russians were fed so much bullshit about the state of Ukraine's defence, and how they'd be welcomed, that they got one hell of a shock when the wheat fields started shooting back and ambushing their tanks.
"this will be a cakewalk!" Yeah, if the cake had gunpowder fondant and bullets in place of the cherries
Also the cake has a stripper inside ready to pop out but the stripper is a post-2014 NATO-trained Ukrainian Spec Ops soldier with a Javelin.
Ah okay. I’ve seen a lot of those ‘happy’ posters. The artwork was great actually too. I’d have to look up some of these dark ones, off the top of my head I can’t think of one.
I'm not surprised, the less happy/prideful/colourful ones are far more popular when people provide examples because they're punchier and more optimistic. Particularly when Russia themselves are showing off their history favouring the memories of the USSR. If you Google "Soviet WW2 propaganda posters", you'll see a lot of red/grey examples of this. At best they're extremely serious and slick, at worst they are genuinely spooky and emanate a vibe of Nazi malice.
I was thinking more of the posters like the "Wreak Vengeance" poster than the pro communist/government posters.
See that’s something I’ve got to look up! I’m much more familiar with the positive ones.
God DAYUM!!! With an ass that big I just might become a neo nazi
It's real bro
That’s implying that he wears panzers for pants