World War ll Imagery

Date: 1942

Artist: McClelland Barclay

"Produced for the Navy
Recruiting Bureau
NARA Still Picture Branch
(NWDNS-44-PA-24)"

True Story: "Masculine strength was a common visual theme in patriotic posters. Pictures of powerful men and mighty machines illustrated America`s ability to channel its formidable strength into the war effort. American muscle was presented in a proud display of national confidence."

When I look at this picture I see a very strong man in the army loading guns into a cannon. When I first saw this picture I was immediately attracted to this mans body and the fact that he was so strong that he was able to lift a bullet as big and heavy as that. And when I thought about it this is false advertisement because everyone knows that this does not happen in war. But this was meant to attract men that are small and would like to be muscular strong. Also it attracts the women that want a man like to maybe encourage their spouse to join the Navy so they can also look like that.

 

Date: May, 1945

Photographer: Khaldei 

The Story: "Surely the most famous image of the war, reproduced in many forms - a victory stamp and the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, to name two. In one of the bloodiest campaigns of the American drive through the Central Pacific, the Marinese captured Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. When they raised the flag on Mount Suribachi, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal snapped off this shot. Unaware of its impact, he sent the negative to his wire service. The editors spotted it instantly as a moving, memorable image, of American resolve, tenacity, and victory. Within hours, it was all over the front pages of the nation's newspapers."

When I look at this picture I sense victory and relief and it makes me think about how hard this war must have been and how great it must have felt to win. My reaction to this picture was me being glad and thankful that this war ended and we aren't going through this because I can only imagine that this was tough and must have felt impossible and so unreal to some. And I know many were killed and injured from the effects of this war and a forever scarred from what they experienced and felt during the time. And for those that are still alive til this day that see this must feel so happy and relieved that it's over.

Date and Info: "Hitler and Mussolini in June 1940"

The story:"The Axis Powers invaded other countries and expanded their territory. At the beginning of the 1930s Japan invaded Manchuria because it had a lot of raw materials. In 1938 it attacked China and later on expanded to Southeast Asia. In 1935 Italy took over Ethiopia. Germany started its conquest of foreign territories by invading Austria. Italy and Germany also sent soldiers to help another dictator, Francisco Franco, in the Spanish Civil War.The Allies were made up of a total of 50 countries. They were led by Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France, China and the United States and opposed the Axis."

When I see this picture I see Hitler sitting with a man smiling, probably because he is satisfied with whatever else trouble he has caused to the world and innocent people. My reaction to this picture was an endless amount of disrespect for this man and pure hatred in a way because when ever I see his face I think of what all of the jews had to go through and the troubles they faced and it makes me wish that he was alive so I can make him suffer and make him go through every single thing that they went through because that was cruel and unusual punishment that should not be tolerated. I understand that it has been dealt with, but it should have even been existent to begin with.