Walt Disney was quickly rising to fame, but at the same time World War 2 was under-way. Making films for the US military and government was his job to help spread news to all those about the war and get as many young soldiers involved as possible. Disney's studio made over 68 continuous hours of footage that became well known among the public. Der Fuehrer's Face being the most famous of them all, it featured Donald Duck on the road to become an american citizen.
Although at the time is was a great way for the army to get attention and recruits, I can't help but think that this was a risk for Disney to do. He risked being targeted for spreading animations about Germany; if the Germans found out, they may have been angered and attacked america and Disney's studio.
Nevertheless, Walt showed support for his country and the success of his animations for the army may have played an important part in winning the war.
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