The effectiveness of the iconic dazzle camouflage used on British Royal Navy ships during the First World War could be “substantially overestimated”, according to a new study. Instead, the ...

Did you spot the inaccurate camouflage helmet in All Quiet on The Western Front? HARRY HOWARD'S video takes you through how true to life the epic WW1 movie really is ...

The original research, conducted in 1919 by Leo Blodgett, an MIT student, claimed that dazzle camouflage could mislead observers by up to 60 degrees. But when Timothy Meese and Samantha Strong of ...

The illusory reality of WWI dazzle camouflage, re-examined A 'horizon effect' optical illusion may have protected ships more than the eye-catching paint job. Mack DeGeurin Mar 20, 2025 4:31 PM EDT ...

While dazzle camouflage may even have drawn attention to the ship, the aim was to confuse an enemy captain's perception about its direction of travel - making it much harder to hit with a torpedo.

Aston University researchers have investigated the efficacy of dazzle camouflage on WWI battleships by re-analyzing a 106-year-old study. According to the new paper, the unintentional “horizon ...

It's Razzle Dazzle Time WHAT: An exhibit of the Razzle Dazzle camouflage paint schemes that were added to the WWI fleet. WHERE: Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum, 133 Mabel Drive, Madisonville.

Camouflage, from the French verb camoufler or "to disguise", has come a long way over the past 100 years. Our producer Lara O'Brien brings us the story behind its roots going back to WW1.