Abroad, there is a certain amount of experience in conducting psychological operations, the essence of which is to promote the idea of one's own military and technological superiority, on the one hand, and to discredit the quality of the enemy's military equipment and weapons, on the other. The idea of conducting such operations is not new. It is based on military and historical experience. Propaganda support for military-technical superiority as a means of psychological warfare was actively used during the First World War. The implementation of such operations was prompted by the widespread use of new weapons of war on the battlefield by all opposing sides, such as machine guns, tanks, combat aircraft, submarines, and more. The American FM-33-1 manual notes that at the time, American psychological warfare agencies issued leaflets claiming that America was producing massive amounts of formidable weapons. Therefore, it is not surprising that in November 1918, one of the reasons for the uprising in the German Navy was the sailors' belief that the command's order to engage in combat with the numerically superior and technologically advanced Anglo-American fleet was a criminal act that would lead to the senseless loss of their lives. During the Second World War, such psychological operations were further developed, not least due to the improvement of means and methods of psychological influence. They were most widely used in Germany. There were two stages. The first period was from the late 1930s to 1942. During this time, German propagandists focused on showcasing the power and invincibility of the German military machine. They organized grandiose exhibitions of German weapons and invited foreign representatives to attend. In 1940, the fascist military and political leadership even allowed Soviet representatives to purchase 36 of the latest German combat aircraft of twelve different types and several models of tanks. This was undoubtedly done with the intention of exer ... Читать далее