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In the spring and summer of 1941, the Second World War began to spiral into a truly global conflict. In 1940, the World War was in reality a combination of several regional conflicts around the globe and couldn't truly be classified as a global war. In Europe, Hitler's Germany had overrun most of the continent and stood along the Soviet Border in an anxious truce with Stalin's Soviet Union. In Asia, the Japanese Empire had gained control over much of the eastern seaboard including vital points such as Shanghai, Hong Kong and the Korean Peninsula. Finally, in Africa, the Axis powers had invaded Egypt and were beginning to spread along the Mediterranean seaboard. In 1941, however, the major world powers that had been notably absent from much military conflict, the United States and the Soviet Union, would enter and merge these regional conflicts into the first truly global war. On May 8th 1941, the escalation of war was very apparent in the media. The newspapers accounted the merging of conflicts that soon came to a decisive point of decision, which was whether or not the United States would join the Allied forces. As well as supplying information about the war to many citizens, the media was an important weapon in itself. The swa
The Washington Post ran the headline "Expected U. These advertisements contained straight forward references, vague allusions or even slightly subliminal undertones relating to the war. on Verge of War" , but after a closer look the paper seemed to retract the headline by stating that this was a belief among "The top flight of Washington Columnists" and not of anyone with actual political power. Still, the article states that these columnists "Know more of what is going on in the highest government circles than do most cabinet members". Japan by this time had already signed a pact with Germany and Italy, yet remained a U. The New York Times claims that The Stefani didn't even annotate the speech and "instead of giving readers a fair summary of Mr. In London, Stimson's speech was somewhat altered into the headline "We will be at war soon, says Washington". However, beyond the blatant recruitment advertisements that had little in terms of concealed meanings, bar the misleading illustrations of heroic and fearless warriors, were the regular advertisements for everyday household items. In other cases such as the advertisement to the right (figure 6) , there were advertised products directly related to the war. From ads and comic strips, to articles and pictures, the newspapers of May 8th 1941, not only transferred information to the masses, but transformed the views of the masses, and in a part, the outcome of the war. Only after the advertisers draw the reader's attention with this phrase do they actually state what they are selling, in this case a book about the war. Judging from American media sources and their lack of Japanese coverage, Americans believed there was no present or even imminent danger from the Japanese Empire, perhaps a sign of American overconfidence judging from what occurred at Pearl Harbor eight months later. Stimson's speech evoked a much different response from German and Italian papers, since both countries were wary of American intervention in the war. The Associated Press ran the headline "Nazis Assert Stimson Plea is War Threat" in which they outline the Nazi reaction.
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