Using umbrellas for camouflage?!

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Using umbrellas for camouflage?!

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Post by sjchan » 17 Apr 2008, 16:03

Not sure I have seen anything like that elsewhere, but here is a photo of Chinese troops (belong to the 29th Corps) using an umbrella for camouflage. It was published originally by the Illustrated London News in Aug 14, 1937.
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Post by sjchan » 17 Apr 2008, 16:09

Another photo of these troops from the same source. The reports claimed that the troops used them as camouflage against Japanese airplanes as well! Umbrellas vs planes - what an uneven fight.
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