TITLE:        Why Did the Soviets Paint Their Tanks Blue? 🎨🔷
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Soviet soldiers would intentionally paint their tanks and roads blue in an

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FULL SCRIPT:
Soviet soldiers would intentionally paint their tanks and roads blue in an attempt to fool German pilots. You see, when German planes were dropping bombs on Soviet tanks, the Soviets discovered that painting them blue made them look like rivers from above. So when the Nazi pilots flew by, they ignored them, allowing the Soviets to escape.

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[000.16] Soviet soldiers would intentionally
[001.68] paint their tanks and roads blue in an
[003.52] attempt to fool German pilots. You see,
[005.60] when German planes were dropping bombs
[007.28] on Soviet tanks, the Soviets discovered
[009.28] that painting them blue made them look
[010.96] like rivers from above. So when the Nazi
[012.96] pilots flew by, they ignored them,
[014.72] allowing the Soviets to escape.
