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发帖数: 7349 | 1 This poster says “Long Live the Red Army! Greetings from the British People
”. After Soviet forces recaptured Stalingrad in February 1943, the MOI
organised an evening of celebration at the Royal Albert Hall with readings
from Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud.
The government declared a “Red Army Day”, marked in British cities with
pageants and music. “Joseph Stalin, who had previously been depicted in
British propaganda as a deceitful and conniving dictator, was suddenly
transmogrified into an avuncular ‘Uncle Joe’,” writes Welch.
“By focusing on the courage and fighting spirit of the Russian people and
presenting Joseph Stalin as an avuncular nationalist, British propaganda was
able to sidestep any possible inconsistencies with its treatment of the
Soviet Union in the pre-war period.” |
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