Censorship & Propaganda - WW1

Question 1

Why were letters from the soldiers censored

Answer 1

To make sure that the public did not find out the truth from any family or friends who were fighting in the trenches

Question 2

What information was censored and who by

Answer 2

The army censor would read all the letters before they were sent, any info that was thought to be unsuitable was crossed out using thick black pen, or parts of the paper were actually cut out of the letter. This stopped people reading things that the government thought they should not see

Question 3

What is the definition of censorship

Answer 3

Keeping secret any information that might help the enemy or lower morale. For example newspapers were forbidden to print certain stories or pictures

Question 4

What is the definition of propaganda

Answer 4

Information giving only one point of view; often put out by a government or organisation in order to win support

Question 5

Where did civilians get most of their info about the war from

Answer 5

The media

Question 6

Press reports usually presented a what

Answer 6

Positive image of the fighting

Question 7

The propaganda deliberately did not show what

Answer 7

What was actually happening on the western front. Neither the new soldiers nor their families knew the horrors of the war that was awaiting them across the channel

Question 8

The newspapers regularly ran what

Answer 8

Optimistic reports of how the war was going. But there was no way for people to check how accurate these reports were.

Question 9

When were newspapers censored

Answer 9

From 1915 onwards

Question 10

Letters from soldiers where were strictly censored

Answer 10

France