OBRAZ NIEMIECKIEJ GEOPOLITYKI W AMERYKAŃSKIEJ PROPAGANDZIE WOJENNEJ: „PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION” (1943)
THE IMAGE OF GERMAN GEOPOLITICS IN US WARTIME PROPAGANDA: „PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION” (1943)

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to reconstruct the propaganda image of GermanGeopolitik and its most prominent representative Karl Haushofer in the 1943 Americandocumentary "Plan for Destruction." There were several main propaganda narratives:first, the propaganda representation of Geopolitik and Haushofer was a deliberatemixture of facts and falsifications to shape its negative image. Second, geopolitics wasdemonized by portraying it as the basis of the Nazi secret plan for world conquest,permanently linking geopolitics with National Socialism to discredit it. Third, it falselyattributed to K. Haushofer the authorship of this plan and the dominant influence onthe Third Reich's foreign policy. The film was intended for domestic audiences, while itspurpose was to heighten fear among viewers and to arouse anger and hatred, serving tomobilize them to fight.

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