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- Published on: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
- Dazzle camouflage was fantastically weird. It was also surprisingly smart.WWII saw another kind of strange history unfold: a meme (yes, really). Watch our video on it here: http://bit.ly/2Co9DEuSubscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjODazzle camouflage was a surprisingly effective defense against torpedoes. In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards explains why.World War I ships faced a unique problem. The u-boat was a new threat at the time, and its torpedoes were deadly. That led artist Norman Wilkinson to come up with dazzle camouflage (sometimes called “razzle dazzle camouflage”). The idea was to confuse u-boats about a ship’s course, rather than try to conceal its presence. In doing so, dazzle camouflage could keep torpedoes from hitting the boat — and that and other strategies proved a boon in World War I.This camouflage is unusual, but its striking appearance influenced the culture, inspired cubist painters’ riffs, and even entered into the world of fashion. Though dazzle camouflage lost its utility once radar and other detection techniques took over from u-boat periscopes, for a brief period in time it was an effective and unusual way to help ships stay safe.Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06oOr Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H
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1 years agoWWII saw another kind of strange history unfold: Kilroy – a meme (yes, really) – traveled the globe with servicemembers. He even makes an appearance in this video: http://bit.ly/2Co9DEu
Fancyguyy
3 months ago#Killroywashere
Gameming Tech Project
7 months agoInteresting ship don't use camouflage because the ship is too big will still able to see it from far away but is for submarines to confuse them. Smart idea.
Alicia Mn
1 years agoVox teaching me more history than my school does
awesome sauce
11 days agoLol
Stars
1 years ago*_What ship? I don’t see any._*
Jeli Snek
7 days ago@Tilen Gasparic r/wooosh you
mneonew87
1 years agoDazzle camouflage is actively used on car prototypes driving around in the wild, to make it harder for rivaling car producers to copy prototypes.
josh zurek
2 months agoDavid Gornowicz are you talking about the GM Proving Grounds?? My dad works there!
scuttle06
3 months agoo yeah? then explain why theres a proto cadillac in my country roaming without camo?
Matt
1 years agoHow they know what color to paint the boat if they could only see black and white back then
Wobert Bang
1 months ago@highlander r/woooosh
nate hirsh
1 months ago@highlander r/woooosh
BanditRants
1 years agoAs a video editor, I love the edits here on Vox.
hahah im daniel
3 months agoYesss
Gappie Al Kebabi
7 months agono one cares about your self-claimed career..
oriana garrido
1 years agoImagine you are just there being a cubist painter and then suddenly a man comes at the door yelling"I NEED YOU TO PAINT A SHIP!!"
Salivar Ravilas
2 months ago"HANS, KAISER NEEDS YOUR SERVICE"
Game Junky
3 months agoTIME TO DAZZLE UP A DINGY!
mike csany
1 years agoI have seen so many world war 1 and world war 2 documentaries. Why have I not yet heard about this? This is so quirky and fantastic. Thanks for the great video!
Mark McCullough
1 months agoQuirky.... Too detailed.From a nation that voted Trump in. Figures.
VertRnsk
6 months ago@asd qwe fail.
Jay Husky
1 years agoI bet John Cena owns a dazzled ship.
scuttle06
3 months agowhos this john cena dude? i dont see him.
Yürüyen Ansiklopedi
6 months agonice point
j s i d x
1 years agoDazzle schools so shooters won’t know where to shoot
Andres No
2 months agoJust make kids wear warpaint every day to school. It would make them look like a bunch of mini warriors and scare off shooters.
Rhodesian Wojak
3 months ago1 3 %