Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion Metal Signs aerial attacks gradually increased through

aerial attacks gradually increased through 1915

saving millions of lives

from Germany’s Chief of General Staff Helmuth von Moltke to his rival

and by the time it was over

Captain Harry Truman

Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion Metal Signs aerial attacks gradually increased throughDescription by Chris Barton Hardcover A visually stunning look at innovative and eye popping measures used to protect ships during World War I. During World War I, British and American ships were painted with bold colors and crazy patterns from bow to stern. Why would anyone put such eye catching designs on ships? Desperate to protect ships from German torpedo attacks, British lieutenant commander Norman Wilkinson proposed what became known as dazzle.