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Six months after World War 2 started The United States of America created the Office of War Information. It's main task was to distribute political propaganda. . " Propaganda is a form of art that sends a message to people visually, silently, and also in an auditory form" Through the use of newspapers, stamps, comics, and other means the united states spread propaganda around the world during World war 2. propaganda was directed towards Blacks,Japanese, and Germans. As well as propaganda directed towards their own citizens to boost morale and ramp up war production. A well known example of this is "Rosie the riveter" and the Uncle Sam "I want you" poster. the United states was not always in agreement with using propaganda in World War 2. "The United States government was not into the idea of propaganda at first. This was due in part to their propaganda efforts during World War I, which left a bad taste in the American public’s mouth. The U.S. adopted the “strategy of truth,” where they would release information, but not try and sway the public’s opinion regarding the war". Businesses and media persuaded the government into using propaganda, which they saw as just distributing "information". The propaganda used in World War 2 by the United States often led to racism.Images created in times of war reveal the tensions and fears ignited by the conflicts between nations. "Its purpose was to embody the entire Japanese nation as a ruthless and animalistic enemy that needed to be defeated". this led many Americans to believe that all Japanese People were the "enemy". Even American citizens of Japanese descent felt the heat of the U.S propaganda. This culminated in thousands of Japanese-Americans being rounded up and put in Interment camps in the early 1940's.