War Dogs

MGM Cartoon - War Dogs (1943) - UNEDITED - The most popular videos are a click away

Little did you know that WWII was actually fought and won by canines!

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 10, 2011
Category: War | Cartoons | Dogs | 1940s

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Just this week we (a group of expats) were discussing the WWII propaganda machine. Cartoons went a long way to educate, indoctrinate, and lift moral during those years.

BTW, did'ja notice this was a Hanna/Barbera toon?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/10/11 at 12:13 PM

old time cartoon. hanna/barbera has been responsible for many many cartoons over the years. not all of them were propaganda either.
not funny yes, kdp, but then war is not funny. thought provoking though.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/10/11 at 04:41 PM

And to think that all that practice I've had pitching tents could be of use to Uncle Sam...

Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 02/11/11 at 08:59 AM

To get rational people to slaughter or enslave other rational people you first have to dehumanize them. Call them anything but what they are; japs, krauts, gooks, rag-heads, whatever. Picture them as having malevolent attributes or make them look foolish (sub-human) then mix in a little God & Country and away you go.

Just don't mention the fat-cats sitting home raking in the ka-ching selling arms & equipment.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/12/11 at 01:54 AM

americans

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/12/11 at 10:17 AM

Victors!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/12/11 at 11:39 AM

Stan, I lucked out and didn't have to fight in any war (mine would have been Viet Nam) so I didn't get to call anyone a gook or charlie, or whatever. On the other hand, no one even asked me what we should call the enemy so don't blame me; I was only stating a truth.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/12/11 at 11:41 AM

denying or sanitising the past does not erase it. eradicating old mistakes only increases the chance they will be repeated. the discomfort we feel when faced with those names is an indecation that we have learned something and will try to do better.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/12/11 at 12:14 PM

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