Dazzle Camouflage

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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British Royal Navy lieutenant and artist Norman Wilkinson is usually credited with the idea of disruptive camouflage. But, another man, naturalist John Graham Kerr, claimed that he had the idea three years earlier. Read the show notes here.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseofWorks.com.
0:41.7	Hello and welcome to the podcasters by Holly Fron.
0:44.7	I'm Tracy V Wilson.
0:45.7	And we're going to do a little bit of military history today, World War I specifically.
0:50.7	And this particular little story combines military strategy with art,
0:55.7	and even a little bit of a grudge match.
0:58.7	You may have seen photos of World War I ships painted with what's called dazzle camouflage.
1:02.7	And if you haven't, you are in for such a visual treat because they look amazing.
1:06.7	It's all very geometric and cool.
1:08.7	It will often show up in lists where people are like,
1:11.7	look, 10 historical photos that aren't photoshopped.
1:14.7	And as sort of a mind-boggling, why on earth is this so amazing type of article stamps?
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