Given the issues of the historical period, why were logical fallacies used to persuade american people during world war ii?
a. americans were told the complete truth about the war during the world war ii era.
b. logical fallacies were only used by the united states’ enemies during world war ii as a way to create more fear in their citizens about the dangers of the united states military.
c. logical fallacies were truthful statements used by american soldiers while fighting in war zones to persuade the enemy soldiers to surrender to the united states.
d. logical fallacies played on the fears and emotions of the american people, which allowed for manipulating them into service. americans were desperately needed during wartime to continue production that sustained the overseas military as well as the nation’s demands for labor, goods, and food.

The correct answer is D) Logical fallacies played on the fears and emotions of the American people, which allowed for manipulating them into service. Americans were desperately needed during wartime to continue production that sustained the overseas military as well as the nation’s demands for labor, goods, and food.

Given the issues of the historical period, logical fallacies were used to persuade American people during World War II. Indeed manipulation was a common thing in order to make the US citizens believe "their" side of the story to keep the support to the war effort.

The United States government created an agency, exclusively dedicated to controlling the information during the war. It was called the United States Office of War Information (OWI). The agency operated form 1942 to 1945, sending messages through newspapers, radio, magazines, films, and photographs, to inform the American people about the situation at the war front.