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Camouflage tree
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<p>Camouflage trees (also known as fake trees, false trees, and observation trees) were observation posts invented in 1915 by French painter <a href="/facts/Lucien-Victor_Guirand_de_Sc%25C3%25A9vola/cGqt0KWR">Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola</a> while leading the French army's <i>Section de Camouflage</i>. </p><p>They were used by the armed forces of France, the United Kingdom, and Germany in <a href="/facts/Trench_warfare/GXDoLeRJ">trench warfare</a> during <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a>. </p>