As Frank Capra looked for a way to make a war related movie about "Why we Fight" he came upon the idea of using Nazi propaganda pieces and turn them around. The Germans had made many propaganda pieces using speeches by Adolf Hitler. There were also Benito Mussolini speeches available as well as Emperor Yamamoto. Capra showed the beginning of the war being 1941 when Japan invaded Manchuria. He explained how the powers hoped to eventually claim the entire world. He did this using maps with the flag of different groups overlaid. With that as the basis for this film, Capra was able to make a fantastic propaganda piece, "Prelude to War" which explained to the American people why we were fighting the war. The attitude of the American people quickly changed, from avoiding the war, to being fully engaged.
Capra won an Academy Award for this film. It was used as a training film for new recruits. It was released in 1942,
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