The
purpose of
propaganda is to persuade a large group of people that certain beliefs are the best or most correct ones.
This paper discusses how during times of difficulty for any country,
propaganda can play an important role for both the state and the individual. It shows how the
purpose of propaganda is to manipulate and gives examples of how at times of war such as World War II, propaganda had women persuaded to work for the war effort and how propaganda taught civilians how to use gas masks.