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The Graveyards of Gallipoli; A Digger History Associate Site |
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A Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 |
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Non-Government Propaganda about Gallipoli & the Dardanelles. |
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Sub category Index
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Cigarette card propaganda about the Western Front and British superiority. |
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| The British Government did not put out much direct propaganda about the Dardanelles Campaign. It was accused, with cause, of suppressing bad stories with severe censorship and it encouraged Generals to make fine speeches filled with words like "plucky" and "indomitable spirit" and "great dash". | ||
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Hamilton was better at that sort of thing than most. He could turn a disaster into an impending "great victory" in just about any situation. More subtle was the sort of instructions that journalists were given by their Editors. No bad light was to be thrown onto the affair. Just not British, you know. Not the done thing. Jolly poor show if some rotter was to suggest that the Generals were inept, the troops were starved of suitable weapons of war and proper food or that something may have been wrong with the planning, especially the planning for casualties. Not as subtle but more appealing to the public were the "Cigarette Cards". These were highly collectable items that came with a packet of cigarettes. Typically there were 50 to a series and you could purchase an album to hold the complete set for one shilling. (10 cents). They still change hands at good prices today and many have been re-printed to meet a growing demand. These were "gung-ho" war stories on one side and an image on the other. On these pages we examine a (part) set to see just how much poetic licence was taken by the designers. The ones not reproduced were not about Gallipoli. Some were slightly misleading, some were so bad as to be funny and some were outright lies. Truth did not matter. Anzac Cove became Suvla Bay at the whim of a designer. The Sari Bair Range became a hill if it suited the story. New Zealanders were Australian if it suited the story. Anzacs and men from India sat round campfires at night sharing jam chapattis and having a grand old time...........if you believe the cards. Have a look, it is the Anzac you have never heard of before. |
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German Propaganda |
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poster is a 1915 German propaganda poster related to German upset over
the L'Entente Cordiale agreement of 1904.
It shows a depiction of Britain as a huge spider attacking "Turquie" (Turkey) while eating a French soldier with a German eagle sitting regally and proudly overhead, Uncle Sam and two others tied up in a web in the background. Note the German submarine in the Sea of Marmora. The Entente Cordiale was a diplomatic agreement signed in 1904 by France and Great Britain which adjusted the colonial disputes between the two countries, and paved the way for Anglo-French co-operation against German expansion in Europe and in the colonial world. |
