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This is the first comprehensive history of camouflage uniforms ever published. Detailing the development of camouflage in the First and Second World Wars, it goes on to portray the full range of camouflage uniforms in use today. There are fifty large colour plates of classic camouflage patterns, and the book concludes with a unique catalogue of over four hundred colour photographs of the camouflage patterns used by the world's major armies. Subjects covered include the pioneering camouflage uniforms of the German Army in the Second World War, the famous 'tigerstripe' camouflage worn during the Vietnam War, as well as the distinctive patterns worn by today's elite armies, including the US military 'woodlands' pattern and the British DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material).