Canadian Military History Volume 17 Issue 3 Article 6 2008 “The POW Will Safely Return!”: Second World War Allied and German Propoganda Amber Lloydlangston Canadian War Museum Tracy Lo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh Part of the Military History Commons Recommended Citation Lloydlangston, Amber and Lo, Tracy "“The POW Will Safely Return!”: Second World War Allied and German Propoganda." Canadian Military History 17, 3 (2008) This Canadian War Museum is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars Commons @ Laurier. It has been accepted for inclusion in Canadian Military History by an authorized editor of Scholars Commons @ Laurier. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Lloydlangston and Lo: “The POW Will Safely Return!” “The POW Will Safely Return!” Second World War Allied and German Propaganda Leaflets Amber Lloydlangston and Tracy Lo uring the Second World War, both This exercise is undertaken less Dthe Allied and Axis governments to compare the efficacy of the leaflets, expended significant resources in although we will address this issue the production and dissemination in our conclusion, and more to of propaganda. Directed at their explore the variety of considerations own people, the propaganda of that both sides attempted to balance these governments fostered correct in their efforts to induce surrender. thinking, feelings, attitudes, and We offer this analysis with due behaviours. Directed at military caution for we recognize that our personnel of enemy nations as part sample is incomplete. While the of psychological warfare operations, George Metcalf Archives holds this propaganda was far more subversive. Its goal 35 PWD leaflets which promote surrender, its was to undermine the efficiency and coherence collection of corresponding German leaflets is of enemy forces and, ultimately, to weaken their significantly smaller.