Japanese Propaganda
After extensive research trying to find the most dehumanizing and immoral piece of Japanese propaganda I could find, this is all I came up with. This poster shows a general by the name of General Lynch, lynching a black man. The Japanese used this poster to tell their citizens that if the US invaded Japan, they would become the ones being hanged because if they did it to blacks, they would do it to the Japanese.
While it paints a picture of something that actually happened in American history, the Japanese tried to say that all Americans were like this and they were all racist. This didn't happen when we beat the Japanese in the war, instead we didn't allow them to have a military. To this day Japan only has a ground defense force in case they are attacked. Much of the other propaganda used by the Japanese was not as bad as this poster.
While it paints a picture of something that actually happened in American history, the Japanese tried to say that all Americans were like this and they were all racist. This didn't happen when we beat the Japanese in the war, instead we didn't allow them to have a military. To this day Japan only has a ground defense force in case they are attacked. Much of the other propaganda used by the Japanese was not as bad as this poster.
In Japan, propaganda in this style to the left was the most commonly used because it showed that they were the supreme military force in the war. The poster is picturing a giant samurai warrior destroying an American and British battle ship. This told the Japanese people that they were stronger than the Allies. Posters such as this would provide great encouragement to the Japanese because it shows that the less technologically advanced nation would reign supreme in the war.
With the Japanese Empire, Nazi, and Italian flags in the background, it wasn't just about the Japanese being able to beat the Allies, it was a statement saying that all of the Axis powers would bring down the Allies. Although the Japanese lost more battles than the US, it was still important to keep the people morale up during war, so the Japanese government produced these uplifting propaganda posters even when they were going through rough times during the war. The Japanese not only produced propaganda that was focused against the Americans, they also had a large push to get Australia to join them and turn against the Americans.
With the Japanese Empire, Nazi, and Italian flags in the background, it wasn't just about the Japanese being able to beat the Allies, it was a statement saying that all of the Axis powers would bring down the Allies. Although the Japanese lost more battles than the US, it was still important to keep the people morale up during war, so the Japanese government produced these uplifting propaganda posters even when they were going through rough times during the war. The Japanese not only produced propaganda that was focused against the Americans, they also had a large push to get Australia to join them and turn against the Americans.
There were a number of propaganda posters that focused on the idea that Americans were sitting around in Australia doing nothing while the Australians were doing all the work in New Guinea, where the Japanese were advancing to. This poster shows an American picking up an Australian lady while the Australian is in New Guinea fighting suffering the losses, indicated by the wound on his leg, and insufficient supplies, indicated by the bent bayonet and torn up boot.
The Japanese were trying to show the Australians that Americans were back stabbers and just wanted someone else to go do the fighting for them. While propaganda trying to get Australia out of the war failed, they were perfectly moral and were not dehumanizing. To see more propaganda used by the Japanese, click below.
The Japanese were trying to show the Australians that Americans were back stabbers and just wanted someone else to go do the fighting for them. While propaganda trying to get Australia out of the war failed, they were perfectly moral and were not dehumanizing. To see more propaganda used by the Japanese, click below.
This piece of propaganda is a little more dehumanizing than most other pieces of Japanese propaganda because Franklin Roosevelt is pictured as a demon in this photo. When examined closely, you can see that he has fangs and the artist also gave him longer fingers to make him look scarier. I was unable to find a translation, but I can imagine it would say something along the lines of, "the demon." This is very similar to the popular American propaganda poster series by the title of, "Tokio Kid." To view "Tokio Kid," see the link below.
The Japanese government would use this to build up fear inside the Japanese people, and this would play to Japan's advantage because if the people are afraid of Roosevelt, they will not want the US troops to defeat Japan because that would mean that Roosevelt would have control of their nation. The Japanese kept their propaganda rather moral and avoided dehumanizing the Allied nations. This put them on a whole different level of propaganda than Germany and the United States.
Overall, Japan was the most moral propaganda producer and, arguably, German propaganda was the most dehumanizing due to its major campaign against the Jews. The United States had its fair share of immoral propaganda but it wasn't nearly as bad as Germany's anti-Jew propaganda.
The Japanese government would use this to build up fear inside the Japanese people, and this would play to Japan's advantage because if the people are afraid of Roosevelt, they will not want the US troops to defeat Japan because that would mean that Roosevelt would have control of their nation. The Japanese kept their propaganda rather moral and avoided dehumanizing the Allied nations. This put them on a whole different level of propaganda than Germany and the United States.
Overall, Japan was the most moral propaganda producer and, arguably, German propaganda was the most dehumanizing due to its major campaign against the Jews. The United States had its fair share of immoral propaganda but it wasn't nearly as bad as Germany's anti-Jew propaganda.