World+War+I+Cartoons

=**//World War 1 Cartoons//**= =**By: Bryttani Harris**=


 * World War one was expressed in many different ways. One of the more popular forms of expression was through cartoons. At first, I didn't really know how to approach this subject(And I still kind of don't.) but i decided that I would give a little insight on the subject and then talk about each country and their cartoons.**


 * People used cartoons as a means of propaganda and that's basically trying to get people involved with the war because when people are involved and are on your side, they will give you a money and everyone could use money during a war. So, these people publish these pictures saying that if you're a REAL MAN you'll join the army and fight for your country. Or they'll put down another country so that you can see just how awesome your country is and give them money. The reasons are endless but I'm here to focus on the cartoons. The cartoons that I found will make you think and sometimes they're kind of witty. It really varied from country to country but I just want to put out there that the Allied powers that I 'll be going over are the United States, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom. The countries from the Central Powers I will be discussing are Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.**




 * In this above cartoon, it depicts a British man carrying a whole bunch of stuff offering to help a woman carry her bags. This shows how hospitable and generous the allied troops compared to the German soldiers who shoot first and ask questions later.**

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 * In this picture, it depicts the British lion, which is the traditional symbol of Britain, with a bunch of Japanese fleas climbing on him, almost as if they were controlling him, like infesting him. This was to show that Britain was being controlled by Japanese towards war.**


 * I quite enjoyed this one. It took a lot of zooming, but the big guy is Germany and the little boy is Belgium and you can tell that Germany is threatening Belgium and basically bullying him. And yes, he is holding sausages. But I love this picture because it shows how the allied powers felt about Germany. They think that they are really aggressive when they don't need to be and causing unnecessary by fighting people that have nothing to do with the real problem.**




 * This picture also exemplifies what I described in the picture above. As you can see, a German bull is ramming into a neutral china store, which shows that Germany picks fights with neutral countries that have nothing to do with the problem, but when asked why they got into a fight with a neutral country, they say that they were provoked.**


 * This picture is of one of the things that Abraham Lincoln warned the US about so that we won't find our self into another war. The four things he warned us about was Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism, and Entangling Alliances. This pictures depicts Entangling Alliances in which the US is tied by multiple countries, but I also think that it has something to do with trade and how the US traded with other countries, but it could be multiple things.**

This last picture also talks about entangling alliances because france will beat up Germany if he beats up Russia if he beats of Austria if he beats up Serbia.

Sources: http://www.worldwar1gallery.com/politicalcartoons/cartoons/1cartoon28.png http://www.johndclare.net/images/Alliances.GIF http://rutlandhs.k12.vt.us/jpeterso/MOREWW1/TIEDUP.JPG http://www.worldwar1gallery.com/politicalcartoons/images/040-german-bull.png http://www.worldwar1gallery.com/politicalcartoons/images/i-117th-punch.png http://www.johndclare.net/images/Bravo%20Belgium.JPG