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Camouflage trees (also known as fake trees, false trees, and observation trees) were observation posts invented in 1915 by French painter Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola while leading the French army's Section de Camouflage. They were used by the armed forces of France, the United Kingdom, and Germany in trench warfare during World War I.
A Eucalyptus melliodora tree at the site of Hiroshima Castle, 740 m from the hypocenter.The tree survived the atomic bombing, while the castle was destroyed. Hibakujumoku (Japanese: 被爆樹木; also called survivor tree or A-bombed tree in English) is a Japanese term for a tree that survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
The Verdun trees are oak and horse chestnut trees planted in the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the First World War.Acorns and chestnuts were collected from trees on the battlefield at Verdun and sent to England to be distributed and planted as war memorials.
From the beginning of World War I, wood products were in great demand for war production. Sitka spruce was the most important tree species because its combination of lightness, strength, and resiliency was ideal for aircraft production. [1] In addition, its long, tough fibers did not splinter when struck by bullets. [2]
Come into the garden dad!, World War I poster from Canada (c. 1918), Archives of Ontario poster collection (I0016363)Victory Gardens became popular in Canada in 1917. Under the Ministry of Agriculture's campaign, "A Vegetable Garden for Every Home", residents of cities, towns and villages utilized backyard spaces to plant vegetables for personal use and war eff
According to Britannica, once the trend of having Christmas trees really took off around the world, there was some concern in various areas over the decreasing supply of trees. To help combat the ...
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' ginger-colour forest ') is the ten-square-kilometre (4 sq mi) area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant within the Exclusion Zone, located in Polesia. The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of ionizing radiation as a consequence of the ...