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Brenda Elthon
Jan 30, 2024
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an artist saves France

Self-portrait of Charles Andre Mare (1885–1932), a French soldier who revolutionized military camouflage during WWI.

Within weeks of the beginning of World War I, the French Army formed a camouflage unit, becoming the first army in history to incorporate camouflage systematically as an official military tactic.

The unit was comprised…

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