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Wartime Morale and Propaganda during WWII
Morale is the spine in your back, the lift to your chin, the song on your lips, the grit in your craw. Morale is the spirit that makes you say defiantly "Is that so?" when you are told you aren't man or woman enough to do something – and makes you do it! Morale gives you the heart to smile when the going is toughest; it gives you the spunk to wisecrack when the danger is greatest (Hunt 250). In the absence of a credible positive ideology, motivation was always a problem; in return, this led to fluctuations in morale. Consequently, raising and sustaining morale became all important, and morale itself developed into one of the unique obsessions of the Allies during the Second World War (Fussell 143). The ultimate goal of each army is to increase their own morale with positive and negative methods, while at the same time, diminishing the enemy's morale. Morale is far and away the most potent weapon in the whole arsenal and is comprised of......

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