WW1 era - French Infantryman of 1914

WW1 era - French Infantryman of 1914. Unlike other armies fighting in World War One, the French initially retained their 19th-century uniforms - something that had been a point of political contention before the war. Consisting of bright blue tunics and striking red trousers, some warned of terrible consequences if French forces were to continue wearing these uniforms on the battlefield. After disastrous losses at the Battle of the Frontiers, a significant factor being the high visibility of French uniforms and the propensity for those visible uniforms to attract heavy artillery fire, the decision was made to replace the conspicuous uniforms in 1915

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