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title: "How to Dazzle Your Enemies"
description: "An amazing post by Roman Mars showcasing disruptive confusion – also known as Dazzle – being used by U.S. and British forces during the early 20th century. A very interesting design strategy to solving a major problem when faced against German torpedoes. It’s a pretty sick read with an audio podcast included. Source: h…"
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url: "https://controlsquare.com/transmissions/creativity/razzle-dazzle/"
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# How to Dazzle Your Enemies

An amazing post by Roman Mars showcasing disruptive confusion – also known as Dazzle – being used by U.S. and British forces during the early 20th century. A very interesting design strategy to solving a major problem when faced against German torpedoes. It’s a pretty sick read with an audio podcast included.

Source: [http://99percentinvisible.org/](http://99percentinvisible.org/post/35069606750/episode-65-razzle-dazzle)

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