Hit ’em with the Razzle Dazzle – ship camouflage in WWI

In line with our earlier mention of the WWII battleship zebra-striped-camouflage.jpg
that disguised itself as a tropical island, here’s a particularly interesting and informative article about ship camouflage during WWI. Apparently, those wacky zebra-stripe patterns weren’t just stylin’ decoration – the “bright, loud colors and contrasting diagonal stripes make it
incredibly difficult to gauge a ship’s size and direction.” Check out the article here

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