Why We Fight
Why We Fight (analogous dt. Translation: "Why do we wage war") is a seven-part US series of propaganda films from the period 1942 to 1945. The film series was shortly after the entry of the United States into the Second World War by the US Army commissioned and produced. Originally conceived for demonstration in front of US soldiers, the series, which wanted to explain the reasons for American participation in the war and to oppose isolationism , which was still widespread in America at the time , was soon shown in public movie theaters. The series advertises interventionism as the new basis of US foreign policy .
The propaganda series was also distributed abroad, with French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese soundtracks. Prelude to War , the first film in the series, was awarded an Oscar in 1943 for “Best Documentary” .
In 2000 Why We Fight was inducted into the National Film Registry .
List of films
Seven films with a running time of around 40 to 76 minutes were made under the direction of Hollywood director Frank Capra . The main focus of the series is on the representation of the European theater of war; only the sixth and penultimate part ( The Battle of China ) is devoted exclusively to the Asian battle zone.
- Prelude to War (Eng. " Prelude to War ") (1942) [1]
- The Nazis Strike (Eng. "The Nazi Strike") (1943) [2]
- Divide and Conquer (Eng. " Divide and rule") (1943) [3]
- The Battle of Britain (Eng. "The Battle of Great Britain") (1943) [4]
- The Battle of Russia (Eng. "The Battle of Russia") (1943) 1 , 2
- The Battle of China (Eng. "The Battle of China") (1944) [5]
- War Comes to America (Eng. "The war is coming to America") (1945) [6]
Individual evidence
- ↑ John W. Dower: War Without Mercy. Race and Power in the Pacific War, Faber and Faber Limited, Frome 1986, p. 15.
- ↑ John W. Dower: War Without Mercy. Race and Power in the Pacific War, Faber and Faber Limited, Frome 1986, p. 16.
