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title: Garnish Nets Correctly
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/garnish-nets-correctly-camouflage-blinds-the-enemy-1941/
description: 'Camouflage training poster with two aerial views of a garnished net over open ground: the upper, labelled ''Wrong''.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Garnish Nets Correctly, 1941 US poster: Camouflage training poster with two aerial views of a garnished net over open ground](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/garnish-nets-correctly-camouflage-blinds-the-enemy-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/garnish-nets-correctly-camouflage-blinds-the-enemy-1941.jpg)

# Garnish Nets Correctly

Camouflage training poster with two aerial views of a garnished net over open ground: the upper, labelled 'Wrong', shows heavy regular garnishing and a visible path; the lower, labelled 'Right', shows a sparser, irregular pattern. The sheet is instructional; the only persuasion device is the slogan 'Camouflage blinds the enemy', so the technique is faint here.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
PATH
WRONG
PATH
RIGHT
GARNISH NETS CORRECTLY
Too Much Garnishing Along Edge of
Flat-top Makes Regular Shadows
CAMOUFLAGE BLINDS THE ENEMY
```

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