... demoralizing campaign by the Germans. The poster campaign was not one sided though. There was a furious battle of artistic posters from not only the French but also the Germans and the ruling government in France at the time. Artistic propaganda is nothing new in France and in fact has been going on since 1539 when the first political posters were put up. As these became more prevalent they became more powerful and more widely used to advertise a particular way of thinking. Eventually these posters were not granted "Liberty" because they could "incite action" from the public so readily. They were scrutinized and given boundaries as to what they could say. This continued for quite a while and when the germans invaded France and took over, there was a strict penalty for inappropriate behavior, sometimes even death. In WWII there was so much of this art put up that it ...

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