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1. The key events that British officials used to create a “master narrative” consists of three events that contributed to the propaganda regime. The series of events were the barbaric acts committed by the German troops during the invasion of Belgium in 1914, The execution of the nurse Edith Cavell, and the sinking of the Lusitania where 1,200 civilians perished. Jo Fox also explains how the use of barbaric weaponry contributed to the effective use of the propaganda. British officials used these events to effectively distribute the propaganda to their population.
2. The main reasons as to why the British portrayed the Germans as uncivilized and barbaric are to influence neutral countries to enter the war against

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