Camouflage in World War 2 was the first time camouflage was used en masse by all sides. Each side had a different approach to camouflage but it was the Germans who were at the forefront of camouflage ...

Yet young artists played a vital role in developing tech that helped win World War II, too ... target (like a silo or propane tank) using paint to how patterns can trick the eye from a distance.

The concept of color-changing tanks, able to change their camouflage pattern in real time in the battlefield to adapt to changing surroundings, is one of the holy grails of modern military deception.

Their story is the subject of a new book by Rick Beyer and Elizabeth Sayles titled The Ghost Army of World War II ... Camouflage Battalion Special—379 men—used inflatable rubber tanks ...