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Nicole Whitehead Victory Garden/Propaganda Like other wars, with World War II came a higher demand for supplies, especially food. Our troops needed us to have plenty of food for them while they were fighting the war and which posed a problem for us because then the people at home did not have any food. The government tried to help with this problem by promoting a new way that the average American could help out with the war effort. They came up with an idea for victory gardens. Victory gardens were small gardens that people planted in their backyard, front yard, basically wherever they had room for one. These gardens could solve the problem of not having enough food because the people on the home front could grow their own food, that way they would not have to buy the food that was needed to send to the troops. Of course the people living on the home front had no problem with helping out and planting a victory garden because they wanted to do what ever they could to help with the war effort. Almost twenty million Americans helped out and planted their victory gardens which produced around forty percent of food consumed to keep up with the demand for food during World War II. With the solution of victory gardens set the only thing left to do was advertise these gardens. With the use of propaganda the government advertised victory gardens along with war bonds, bonds people bought to give money to the government, to get people on the home front motivated to help out with the war effort. With propaganda companies were making books for people that taught the basics of gardening to those who wanted to start a victory garden, but did not have the proper knowledge to do so. With the use of propaganda the government also told the people interested in planting victory gardens what they should plant to have the best effect. Through propaganda people tried to make victory gardening out to be something you could do as a community or with your family. They wanted people to look at gardening as something they enjoyed, not something they hated doing. If people liked gardening then it would be easier for them to do it without haste. Often posters were made with catchy or meaningful slogans to help to promote the planting of victory gardens. With all of the propaganda used during World War II it was almost impossible for someone to not get the message of what they could do to help out with the war effort. These helpful things like planting victory gardens or buying war bonds gave the American people the pride of helping out with the war when they could not physically fight it. World War II marked a time that the nation came together and did whatever they could to help out with the cause. Works Cited "A History of the Victory Garden - Page 4." //Victory Seeds™ - Rare Heirloom (Heritage) Garden Seed, Open-pollinated Seeds, Non-hybrid Seed, No GMOs//. Web. 11 May 2010. .