Propaganda Map

The above map is an example of a Propaganda map.  This is a map that we are all probably more familiar with as we have seen these in our many social studies and history classes throughout the years.  Propaganda maps are simply what they sound like they are, propaganda.  Often times Propaganda maps are political cartoons as the one seen above.  Propaganda maps are meant to sway people of a certain area, beliefs, or a way of living in a specific way, often times into believing something that is not true.  The above picture is a Nazi poster, produced in France in 1944, portrays Churchill as a demonic, cigar-smoking octopus, whose attempts to seize Africa and the Middle East are being thwarted by the Axis forces that cut his tentacles so that they bleed profusely.

The map URL is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2010/jan/26/british-library-map