The Image of Belgium as a “Victim” in British Propaganda of the First World War Period ; Образ Бельгии как «жертвы» в британской пропаганде периода Первой мировой войны

The article deals with the development of the image of Belgium as a “victim of German aggression” during the First World War. This image was one of the means of influencing the British consciousness and urging them to join the armed forces of the United Kingdom in order to fight Germany as an “external threat”. To justify their own actions on the forced use of armed force and to prevent aggression caused by the intervention of the German troops in Belgium, the British periodical published a story about “its rape”. In modern historical science, especially British, this issue is widely studied.... Mehr ...