Red Cross posters as basic agitation means in the conditions of battle actions

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Red Cross posters as basic agitation means in the conditions of battle actions

Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1

Abstract

In the article the question of the use of posters of Red Cross considered as basic agitation means in the conditions of battle actions. In particular, accents are done in the years of Second World War and shown problems in process Society of Red Cross of Ukraine in the today's war time on east of Ukraine. During the First and Second World Wars, recruiting posters became extremely common, and many of them have persisted in the national consciousness, such as the «Lord Kitchener Wants You» posters from the United Kingdom, the «Uncle Sam wants you» posters from the United States, or the «Loose Lips Sink Ships» posters that warned of foreign spies. Posters during wartime were also used for propaganda purposes, persuasion, and motivation, such as the famous Rosie the Riveter posters which exhorted women workers to work in factories during World War II. The Soviet Union also produced a plethora of propaganda posters, some of which became iconic representations of the Great Patriotic War. And in ХХІ of century in general these placards of Red Cross almost and not evidently during realization of battle actions, in particular on territory of Ukraine, where a population in swinging majority passes medications, foods and things through various volunteer organizations, that arose up with beginning of war on east.

Authors and Affiliations

Mariya Sribna

Keywords

Red Cross poster Second World War propaganda corruption donor movement humanitarian aid

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