From blue coats on Napoleonic battlefields to camouflage in the trenches of Verdun - French uniforms told a story of glory, disaster, and adaptation. In this animated history, we trace the ...

Monsieur Maire, 7th Hussars Regiment, served from 1809 to 1815 and was one of the last surviving veterans of Napoleon's army. He is shown here in full dress uniform, wearing a white crossbelt and ...