are war hero’s a form of propaganda? there are evidence of hero’s story's that have been changed for the use of propaganda Douglas Barder. a war hero from the second world war. Barder’s heroism was a combination of being an outstanding commander and his skills as an aviator and fighting ace during World war 2. On 9 August 1941, Bader collided mid-air with another RAF plane over Le Tourquet. He was captured by German forces and sent to the Colditz prison.(HISTORY, 2016) and with his continuous attempts to escape prisoner of war camp But there are records of an other side to the story of douglas border colliding on 9th August 1941 records state that Barder had lost two spitfires to his formation and shot down six aircreafts form adolfs gallands wing ( Adolf "Dolfo" Joseph Ferdinand Galland was a German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout the Second World War in Europe) formation at asheville northern france. 39 years after the war gallant had told P. B. "Laddie" Lucas,(Percy Belgrave Lucas, CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC, commonly known as Laddie Lucas, was a Royal Air Force officer) that there was no records of the collision and stated that Barder had not collided with another RAF airecraft but was shot down by a sergeant pilot Oberfeldwebel Max Meyer. the question is why did meyers story take so long to surface? if the records stated that Douglas Barder the icon that the raf pilots looked up to and was inspired by had been shot down by the enemy. this may have broken maral of the pilots, this could have affected the pilots performance resulting in defeat. Also an udifeated heroic symbol can bring fear in the eyes of the enemy.
HISTORY. (2016). Douglas Bader. [online] Available at: http://www.history.co.uk/biographies/ douglas-bader [Accessed 27 Oct. 2016].
Since they were born on the eve of the second world war, America's superheroes have been enlisted for all sorts of undercover propaganda duties, from promoting patriotism, war bonds and recycling (even of comics themselves) to warning about health
Tillman was awarded the Silver Star, the third highest military decoration in the US Army, given for 'gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States’. The citation described how he had 'put himself in the line of devastating enemy fire’, and how 'while mortally wounded, his audacious leadership and courageous example’ had inspired his men to fight, driving back the enemy and resulting in his platoon’s safe passage from an 'ambush kill zone’. But Pat Tillman did not die as a result of enemy fire. The three bullets in his head had been fired by his own comrades.
Lynch said it best: "I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics of my fellow soldiers that day were, in fact, legendary." Indeed.
The Nazis believed in propaganda as a vital tool in achieving their goals. Adolf Hitler, Germany's Fuhrer, was impressed by the power of Allied propaganda during World War 1 and believed that it had been a primary cause of the collapse of morale and revolts in the German home front and Navy in 1918.
Propaganda was a tool used by both sides in the Second World War both to boost morale at home and to try to lower that of the enemy. On occasions, both sides dropped papers such as this German propaganda leaflet, in an effort to reduce public support for the war.
During the outbreak of World War II in Europe, the comic book industry was in its infancy. However, as the war progressed the comic book industry quickly capitalized upon the growing conflict, vilifying the Axis Powers and magnifying American patriotism. Comic books and the superheroes even alerted citizens of domestic caution and awareness, "pointing out how domestic corporations and criminals, not just foreign villains, sought to undermine American ideals."[2] Eventually as the war evolved, comic book publishers aligned and collaborated with the U.S. military:
Falklands war Simon weston
Hospital Corpsman Juan Rubio Iraq
SG Alvin C. York WWI
MSG Roy P. Benavidez Vietnam
Pat Tillman