During the Second World War, both the Allied and Axis governments expended significant resources in the production and dissemination of propoganda. Directed at their own people, the propoganda of these governments fostered correct thinking, feelings, attitudes, and behaviours. Directed at military personnel of enemy nations as part of psychological warfare operations, this propoganda was far more subversive. Its goal was to undermine the efficiency and coherence of enemy forces and, ultimately, to weaken their will to fight. Among the different media harnessed to achieve this end, aerial leaflets hold a unique place in the history of psychological warfare operations. Their efficacy was debated during and after the war yet these leaflets were disseminated in the millions and collected by soldiers of both sides. It is for this reason, among others, that although inherently ephemeral, Second World War leaflets have been preserved in archival collections, including the Goerge Metcalf rchives of the Canadian War Museum. In the following pages, we will highlight 12 leaflets from this collection, six produced by the Psychological Warfare Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditioanry Force (PWD) and six by the SS Standarte Kurt Eggers of the German Waffen SS (SKE), all of which encourage enemy combatants to surrender. But what arguments did the psychological warriors of the opposing sides think would convince their target audiences to take this step? What inducements did they offer? What justifications did they provide? And in what ways were the leaflets produced by the opposing sides different or the same
Abstract Between 1942 and 1944, just over 100 young women from southwestern Ontario applied to, and were accepted into, one of four female chemistry laboratory technician courses held at the University of Western Ontario under the aegis of the Dominion-Provincial War Emergency Training Program. This paper constitutes a social discourse analysis of the letters written by the young women. It explores the backgrounds of the participants in the communication, as well as its social and institutional context, seeking to understand how the young women presented themselves as they sought entry into this course. Did they duplicate the discourse provided to them? They did, but only to a degree. For example, they emphasized educational attainment but did not reference patriotism and a desire to help Canada’s war effort. This exercise suggests that Canada’s Total War did not touch every Canadian quite as profoundly as we might believe.RésuméEntre 1942 et 1944, un peu plus de 100 jeunes femmes venant du Sud-Ouest de l’Ontario posaient avec succès leur candidature à l’un des quatre cours de formation de techniciennes pour des laboratoires de chimie tenus à l’Université de Western Ontario sous l’égide du Programme de formation d’urgence en temps de guerre du Canada. Cet article présente une analyse sociale de la teneur des lettres de motivation écrites par ces jeunes femmes. L’auteure s’intéresse à la fois aux antécédents ainsi qu’à la situation sociale et académique des candidates afin de mieux comprendre comment ces jeunes femmes se sont présentées elles-mêmes en vue de leur admission à ce cours. Ont-elles reproduit le discours qui leur était suggéré? Oui, dans une certaine mesure. Par exemple, elles mettaient l’accent sur la réussite scolaire, mais elles ne faisaient aucune référence au patriotisme et au désir de contribuer à l’effort de guerre canadien. Cette étude suggère que l’effort de guerre n’affectait pas tous les Canadiens aussi profondément qu’on l’aurait cru
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