The word ‘propaganda’ might suggest some form of misinformation – yet in boosting morale during World War Two, the British government had to maintain a careful balancing act.

World War One gave rise to a number of slang and colloquial expressions such as blighty and cushy, ... was widely used in German propaganda, and jocularly modified by English-speakers, ...

With all the propaganda surrounding the execution by the Germans of Edith Cavell, how much do we truly know about the World War One nurse who became revered as a heroine?

First World War propaganda had mainly been waged by poster art – indeed, it was Hitler's belief that Great Britain's poster campaigns had helped win the war that spurred him on to create Germany ...

British Propaganda The radio broadcasts were the handiwork of the British Political Warfare Executive (P.W.E.), created by Winston Churchill in 1941 to disseminate propaganda that would damage ...

Files rescued from skip reveal how children's author AA Milne wrote propaganda for British military intelligence during World War One. ... MI7: THE DARK ARTS OF CENSORSHIP AND PROPAGANDA IN WW1.

Looking on is a cut of “hot and slippery” English roast beef, an American dove, and some French champagne. Unlike the steely-faced heroes of Soviet propaganda, some of the tsarist-era posters ...

US propaganda may have convinced Irish to enlist for WW1. ... The impact of British propaganda has also been cited as a reason with continuing emphasis on the fact that the war was almost won.

World War One gave rise to expressions and slang such as blighty and cushy, but only some are still used, says Kate Wild, senior assistant editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Zepps in a cloud ...