Monday, November 21, 2011

Psyop for the Revolution

This pamphlet was distributed at the front lines of the stand off between the Union Army at Prospect Hill and the British Army at Bunker Hill.  The British Army had enlisted a number of Hessian soldiers.  These soldiers were treated badly, exploited and degraded by the British officers.  The flier compares the living conditions of the two groups and encourages dissent and defection of the subgroup of the British Army.  It's one of the first examples of a psyop, using the divide and conquer strategy.

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