TITLE:        Why Soldiers Painted Their Submarines?
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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British sailors would intentionally paint the tops of their submarines light

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FULL SCRIPT:
British sailors would intentionally paint the tops of their submarines light blue during World War II. You see, dark gray steel stood out sharply against the skies reflection on the water's surface, making the conning tower visible from miles away. So, they repainted it to match the color of clouds overhead, letting it vanish at distance. And by the time a German ship got close enough to spot it, the torpedoes were already in the

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[000.08] British sailors would intentionally
[001.76] paint the tops of their submarines light
[003.52] blue during World War II. You see, dark
[005.92] gray steel stood out sharply against the
[008.00] skies reflection on the water's surface,
[010.08] making the conning tower visible from
[011.92] miles away. So, they repainted it to
[013.84] match the color of clouds overhead,
[015.52] letting it vanish at distance. And by
[017.44] the time a German ship got close enough
[019.04] to spot it, the torpedoes were already
[021.04] in the
