work on propaganda posters
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ENGLISH PROPAGANDA DURING WWI
WORK ON PROPAGANDA POSTERS
I- REMINDER: THE CAUSES OF THE 1ST WORLD WAR
II- BRITAIN IN WAR
III- HOW PROPAGANDA POSTERS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN WORLD WAR I?
I- REMINDER: the causes of the 1st World War
I-1- A divided Europe: → Economic competition between industrial countries to win markets
→ Power competition : colonialism.eg: 2 crisis about Morocco between France and Germany (1905 and 1911)… war was imminent !
→ A strong Franco-German rivalry : France wanted to recover Alsace and Lorraine
Triple Alliance (central powers) was a military alliance among the German Empire, the Austro-
Hungarian Empire, and the kingdom of Italy.
Triple Entente (Allied powers) was the alliance linking the Russian
Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain
→ OPPOSING FORCES
1915
I-2. Discontentment of minority groups wanting more rights or
independenceEg: In the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Gavrilo Princip: a Serbian, member of a Yugoslav nationalist organisation.
I-3. Summer 1914: WW1 broke out!
He assassinated the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on 28th June 1914.
28th July, 1914: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
Russia mobilised in support of Serbia
2nd August, 1914: Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and Germany signed a secret treaty of alliance.
3rd August, 1914: Germany declared war on France.
4th August, 1914: Germany invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg (before moving towards France), leading Britain to declare war on Germany.
10th August, 1914: Austria-Hungary invaded Russia.
II- Britain in war
British Highland regiments marching through Boulogne
New York Times, 1919.
Head of the British column near Le Havre
Source : New York Times, 30 Aug 1914
Present this document: nature, source, context, address, main ideas.Describe it:framing, composition ''colours'', light and shade, characters, setting, action, moment.Interpret it.
List the whole vocabulary you need to describe the fighting during WW1