w Germany backing Austria or France backing Russia. The Austrians are attacking Serbia while the Russians are hiding back waiting. The slogan reads, THE POWER BEHIND, which means Russia is the power behind Serbia (Ross 41).On August 4, 1914, German troops crossed the frontier into Belgium, ignoring its neutral status. Their government tried to resist the invasion by appealing to France, Britain, and Russia for help. The Belgian army had to put up a fight against the stronger forces for four years and held onto the silver of Belgian territory (Belgium). In a Punch propaganda cartoon it shows brave little Belgium trying to block the path of the German bully (Ross 45). The small boy looks inferior to the much larger man and the weapons are different too. Punch was representing the invasion of Belgium in this cartoon. By 1917, the success of government propaganda had begun to cause problems. As the war dragged on, disappointment would set in that danger. The governments realized that if their people were going to keep fighting, they need to know what they were fighting for. Later propaganda tended to stress that this was the war to end all wars and that after the end of the war the League of Nations would ensure peace (Ross 41).During this decade of war there was much hate and hurt which in turn made a time for expressionism. The pain that everyone was feeling was deeply felt by the artists of this decade, as seen in some propaganda. Some of the artists were effected so much they would never paint again and some would never paint the same, while others would change their type of art completely. However, the few that wanted to express themselves after the war turned to dada. According to Robert Short, dada was artists and other intellectuals from a dozen countries during World War I who wanted to focus their hatred and ideals into a program of cultural action (Short, 7). Dada was an artistic and literary movement reflecting a w...
