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There were so many French uniforms in the Napoleonic Age that it would take an animation of 1 hour to go through them all - Sappers of the Guard, Gendarmes of the Guard, Marines of the Guard, Polish Lancers, Foot Artillery of the Guard, the Mameluks, Chasseurs of the Guard, Dragoons, Hussards, Carabiniers and Cuirassiers (to name a few).
It also work with the french army of the Ancien regime. There were differents colors being used by regular line infantry, foreigners regiments and the maison du roy.
The French aircraft had “cocarde” (national marking) on plane that were the red outside and the blue on centre. The video shows British cocardes that are exactly the contrary.
Yes and even if we remove the cocarde we can recognize that it is an English plane because during the two wars they had blue, white and red at the end of the rear wing (yes that would correspond more to France but that is not the case)
In the 90's, the French started to wear CCE camouflage, which was of the same cut at the olive drab tenue F2. and half way the 90's the French started to wear in a desert environment, a desert camouflage uniform, nicknamed Daguet. And a nice touch, that you used this version of Le Boudin. and in my case, Vive la Legion.
crazy to think the french started WW1 with armored french dragoons and their old blue and red uniformes (and kepi) from the previous century and transition to modern warfare equipment we know today, helmets , faded color uniforms, tanks and planes.
France split and only partly surrendered. The Free French fought on. And, although lesser known, Vichy French also fought on but on the other side. One of last units defending Berlin against the Allies was French, while Free French were part of the Allied advance on Berlin (why do you think one sector of Berlin was controlled by the French during the Cold War?)
everybody had their asses Kicked by germans during WW2 FROM 39 TO 42 !! ,brits had a channel and russians had huge counrty to retreat and USA had atlantic ocean !i dont know why exept faty keybord warriors focuse only on the french crash
@@superspies32 the french have won militarily whether it is indochina or algeria, for algeria it is almost total perfect but international pressure has made algeria win politically, for indochina the war ends rather by lack of French logistics, but results from 14 victories for 4 defeats
@@aayhanfett894 but the aims of French in Indochina is a quick end. And they failed, in the battle of Hanoi 1946, they were stalled up to months. They also archieved many victories but it was meaningless because entire army be struck in attrition guerrilla warfare and they can’t even stepped to Viet Minh headquaters. And finally, they forget that Napoleon has said the one who hiding to a fortress is the one be beaten to defeat. So they go to enemy territory to make a fortress with only one road and the airlines through one airfield. If Napoleon resurrected at that time, I bet he will thrown entire French high command in Indochina through windows or trenches.
@@王李小-o8d Au moins il essaye. Allé on corrige : " Bah, si tu aimais tant ton pays, tu écrirais en français ! " De toutes manières plus grand monde ne sait écrire correctement notre langue. J'en veux pour preuve tous les mails que je reçois tous les jours au boulot. Sans parler de ceux ou celles, ne soyons pas sexistes ^^. Qui écrivent des pavés sans aucune ponctuation. Un pur moment de déchiffrage. :)
What a amazing video, by far my favorite. With many references to the french history army as the capitaine d’Anjou with his left Hand in wood at Camerone, or also the Dunkirk battle with this iconic scene in the Nolan movie of the same name when brits retreating and finally the hostage taking of the flight 8689 Air France at Marignane. Perfectly realised with french military backgroûnd. No sincerelly what a wonderdul work, masterclass
As a member of the toy army men-collecting community, I find these videos invaluable when it comes to painting and styling them. I think a whole series of these videos should be released. Videos on Austrian uniforms history, Italian uniforms, Swedish, Greek, Turkish, Chinese, Mexican, Spanish, Portuguese, and maybe some Latin American countries' uniforms would be great. I understand that they might not be popular with everyone, since it's just clothes and weapons, but it's my suggestion.
Ah, the Old Guard my favorite out of all the regiments in the Grand Armee. Their requirements were very strict unlike their younger version the Young Guard. You had to be 1.73m for chasseurs and 1.78m for the grenadiers (no height requirement for those award the Legion of Honor), knew how to write and read, 35 years of age, 10 year of service and fought at 3 or more campaigns.
The Old Guard was useless during the retreat of La Grande Armee in Russia and the only soldiers able and disciplined enough to cover the retrat at the Beresina were the Swiss regiments, from 9'000 Swiss forced into Napoleons service only 300 returned home, Maréchal Ney knew that only with Swiss he could cover the retreat of la Grande Armée at the Beresina same as that since Francois 1er all French kings had their loyal Swiss regiments as body guards and also to guard the borders of France and do police work against bandits in the country-sid, the mosquetaires were truly only a wish-ful thinking by Alexandre Diumas, no French kign was crazy enough to trust French soldiers and during the wars against the Huguenots again the Regiments Suisses saved the French kings life.
@@jurgbangerter1023 At the battle of Marignan (1515), François 1er crazily trusted his undisciplined french soldiers and won the battle, starting by force a Swiss tradition that still lives on today, neutrality.
@@jurgbangerter1023 Napoleon didn't trusted the Suisse enough. The Grand Armee only had Swiss Regiments because The Swiss at the time was the Helvetic Republic if I'm right still had very good fighters. Napoleon either forced them or mercenaries volunteered to fight for him in his campaigns. The Old Guard in the other hand was Napoleon's best men since they fought with him when he was still a young officer and Napoleon gained their respect and so did they. And of course as their name most of the men that make up the Old Guard were middle aged veterans they're now slower, and less energetic to say the least and The Middle Guard and Young Guard that make up the rest of the Imperial Guard were already fighting in the front lines to wish to be one day apart of the veterans. So yes the Old Guard may be useless in the retreat because their health was deteriorating as well as the rest of the army. Since they're old men they get tired more and walking for days in the harsh winter of Russia isn't a suitable place for a middle aged veteran carrying full gear with a heavy musket and an especially heavy bearskin not to mention when snow and rain got on their bearskins it would make it much heavier.
@@Indigo-ke5dq In Switzerland the Central Cantons fought hard against Napoleon. To invade Switzerland he had declared no war so his attack was against the Perpetual Peace Treaty of France Napoleon broke, also Napoleon sent two armies against one Swiss in his surprise attack, one French army got beaten but the other wan, he was only interested in the treasuries of the Cantons since France had been bancrupted trough Napoleons wars and he stole all the money and gold he could find, also Swiss Freedom fighters even women fought against Napoleons troops being outnumbererd greatly,after the many napoleonic battles Switzerland had over 40'000 Full orphans. The Swiss who marched in la Grande Armee against Russia were all forced into French service. The French weren't a tough as the Swiss montagnards were, also they weren't used to cold climates and harsh conditions and French soldiers never had much discipline not even the old guard. Lucklily the Russians sacked big parts of France after Napoleon's retreat and defeats some even in Switzerland under Suchorov, so the French finally got to taste some of their own medecine ...that the Russians sacked Reims, the city wee French kings were crowned in the Cathedrale, is strangely enough in no French history book, thats where the Russian Boyars got their taste for Veuve Clicquot's and other Champagne and invented the SABRING -sabrer of Champagne bottles...it was the best marketing for Champagne, this Russian aristocrats later ordererd French Champagne by whole wagon trains after their sack in Reims to relive their victory over a tyrant.
@@Indigo-ke5dq actually Napoleon was at this time already back in Paris and it was Maréchal Ney's decision, Ney was a German speaker from the Lorraine who already had chosen and trusted the Swiss more than the French, La Lorraine had once been liberated at the battle of Nancy by the Swiss and this from another tyrant which was Charles the Bold- or le Téméraire(duke of Burgundy) which in fact was a coward and brutal war-lord, about the same as Hitler and Napoleon, massacring a city full of 20'000 Civilians like Dinant in Belgium and still being called the Bold is strong, his life was ended by a Swiss halbardier who cut his noble head in halves at Nancy.
Actually, during WWII, Free French were equipped with what they had left of french uniforms and equipement, british and later also american gear. Free French units were equiped depending on where they were stationed but also on which allied army they were fighting along. French units incorporated in American units would receive American equipement and so on. In a nutshell, they used what ever they could get their hands on and fine tune it too their needs.
Great video as always! The only thing that ticks me is that the Saint Cyr Military Academy do not parade with rifles, but with swords, as they are officers.
Wonderful video! Good on the French for having some of the most diverse uniforms the world has seen. Sometimes helpful, sometimes disappointing, they highlight what is part of the French Military's identity.
For those who don't get it There is a game called guts and blackpowder There is a really hard badge called "soldats de garde" or whatever Which means old guard,to get this You must complete 7 things,i will list two,get Vos enterment (sacrifice on a specific map in game) And survive 35 waves in one life Look up the game
@LiOn something with history, like if you do Canada only thing we are gonna see is British colonial soldiers and modern Canadian uniforms, also the commonwealth uniforms were mostly British uniforms
My great grand father fought during the battle of France in 1940, he was in the tanks tho so he might have had a different uniform. But I'm so proud of that, he participated to one of the few wins that France got against Germany and fought side by side with De Gaulle, who was in the tanks too before becoming a general.
i love these videos so much the quality of them increase so much over the years i didnt even realise how low quality his old videos were until i looked back on them and compared the 2. props to your team.
The roundels on the French WW1 aircraft at 8:15 are incorrectly British. The French used red on the outside and blue in the centre, like the tricolor cockades on hats during the French Revolution. The British initially put the Union Jack on their planes but stopped this practice by 1915 as they were being mistaken for the black Cross Pattée that the Germans used.
France: **has the most military victories in human history** People making the same surrender joke all the time: "Thomas has never seen such bullshit before!"
@amine dead gamer They fought and defeated the most coalitions in human History, were the powerhouse of Europe longer than the Roman Empire was and are the most influential country in History of warfare.
@amine dead gamer ww2 wasn’t lost but ok. 1940 was a critical defeat, but France managed to stay at the winners table ( especially by saving the British army at bir hakeim against a much larger Italo-german army)
@@maskr5520 yeah but for most of the war their men were in labor camps and getting literally cucked by the Germans. It's a Supreme humiliation that they never really got to recover from.
@amine dead gamer Here we go again...Algeria was NOT A MILITARY DEFEAT. They retired from it without any defeat after the treaty of Evian because even controlling the was majority of the local cities it was the never ending stroy and everybody in the UN and Europe was against them especially because of the heavy hand COIN tactics that they used.
Awesome work and I really loved the visuals along with the effects and uniforms as always Griff! One suggestion for the soon future: Italian uniforms throughout history, for the shits and giggles. Though I will admit, some aspects were pretty cool like those feathered mountain caps which were worn by the Sardinian infantry 😙
The Old Guard is in fact a group of different regiments. The ones in this videos are Old Guard Grenadiers. In the Old Guard, you can also find Chasseurs, and many other units like cavalry and artillery for example
The Armchair Historian Team has already done an Austrian March Theme like the other historical great powers, so I can expect an Austrian uniform video too along with Italy & Turkey.
Thx you for making this video France has a deep and incredible history that you can tell just by those uniforms its sad that its most of the time only resumed by "France surrendered in WW2"
@@joeywheelerii9136 THey didn't loose in military terms in Algeria...all the contrary. Shame for what ? To be a medium power that cannot anymore be in all the continents like a century ago? The world has moved on...
@@Balrog2005 well the FNL forces were pretty much obliterated by the end of 1960, yes, but De Gaulle realised the hopelessness of the situation when, even as the guerilla forces being depleted, the kill rate still remained high. The attacks on european civilians and troops never ceased, and there was no hope, nor true gain, in holding this territory anymore. It would forever be an agitated country that would simply not be worth the oil it contained..
@@joeywheelerii9136 We could lose ten conflicts in a row, we already have so much glory in our History that we wouldn't feel the slightest ounce of shame as a whole.
Just a reminder this is a quick and easy deconstruction of the French military uniforms, it's indeed as everyone imagine deeper and more complexe that presented in this video, which nonethless is very informative and amazing to look at!
Fun fact: In the Napoleonic wars, there were 2 variants of uniforms that were issued. The older one were the ones used by the Imperial Guards to the very last. The newer one was more simpler.
And there were also -albeit for a short time- a white uniform in 1807, intended to replace the blue ones because cheaper. They didn't last so they are little known.
@@laurentdevaux5617 i think the reason why they don't use white uniform aggain because Austrian use the same uniform, there its one battle where one of the regiment have friendly fire because the uniform was white like Austrian
One thing about WWII and the French uniform was they also used a lot of American equipment. In the Osprey series the second booklet on French uniforms shows that they often mixed up whatever gear they could get. In the same book they show a French paratrooper who served in eastern France and his uniform and rifle are all American, only his patches distinguish as French. There is even a Willie and Joe comic that makes a comment about how the French were using mostly American equipment when Willie and Joe are with a girl among French soldiers all kitted out in American gear and their evading an American MP by saying "No parle Englis".
The French kepi design spread quite a bit, being adopted by numerous armies. The kepi looked like a much more sensible design evolution than the shako that preceded it. I never quite agreed seeing the tall, bulky shako being so widely adopted by many countries at the time. The kepi even crossed the Atlantic and was used by the US Army. Hell, during the American Civil War, it was typical for both Union and Confederate armies.
I was so excited when I saw the thumbnail for this video! I was waiting for a video on French uniforms for a long time. Thanks a ton, Griffin! P.S. Could you please do Italian uniforms next?
This series of the evolution of uniforms throughout time is really cool! I hope you can do the Chinese uniforms of the PLA, ROC, Qing and Beiyang Army in the future.
I wish there were more video's on the Napoleonic wars. Those would do good! I love the F&M music by the way. Good job making this video! Good video like always!
Amazing, I have been waiting for this one! Just a little nitpick, the roundels of the planes at 8:06 should be 'red, white, blue', and not 'blue, white, red', which is the British roundel!
Excellent work yet again, you all at Armchair History never cease to amaze with the shear detail you put into your animations. Excellent work. For the next Uniform Evolution video you should do Italy, Sweden, or possibly Spain.
Fun fact: In the minute 6:20, this is the same uniform the Chileans use in the Saltpeter war (or Pacific war) but after the 1900, they start using the Prussian uniform.
Many South American armies (Chile, Peru, Argentina...etc) in the mid to late 19th century copied French uniforms as France was considered to have the best army in the world. Even American armies on both side of the American Civil War did to some extend. It changed after France got humiliated by Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War, and Chile then started imitating the Prussians instead.
Very good video as usual, I allow myself to add some precision on the uniforms of the 20th century, during the ww1 the colonial troops had their green uniform (similar to the regular one of the ww2) this green had been proposed for the regular army since 1916 but some generals found that the uniform lacked panache that is why the blue was kept, during the ww2 for the free French forces there were British uniforms as in the videos but also in North Africa the legionnaires were in English uniform with the famous white kepis and mainly American uniforms from 1943 (see mixed American uniform + m26 helmet) in Indochina the combat dress and the armament were so varied that it is difficult to make a standardization but we can see different camouflage like the U.S "duck hunter", the british denison smoke and the french outfits TAP 47/56 and many other, in the videos the men wear their hats like the australian bu the French fold both sides of the hat, I could add some detail but my comments are quite long 😅 thank you if you have read this far
Hope that the next episode would be about the uniform of Spanish army🇪🇸, one of the oldest active armies in the world. The stark contrast between the Habsburg Spanish army and the modern one would be really interesting.
Absolutely love the Napoleonic era uniforms, and basically everything from WWI onward. The GIGN doesn't have my favorite uniforms compared to other similar international units, but I still like it well enough.
GiGN = French SWAT. It is not a military force used during regular battles or in foreign territories. It is only involved in high risk police interventions in France. On the other side, French special forces are composed of various commandos, regrouped under a central command named COS.
as always a great video mate......would be awesome if you could do videos on more ww1 battles like the battle of tannenberg and the battles of the byzantine empire......thank you
I really love the channel and how it shows history in an easily consumable way. The only problem i have with it is that the soldiers have a hunchback on everyone which kinda looks weird to me. But my opinion should not make you change your animation style at all! Other than that I love the channel! Keep it up!
Like always your videos have incredible art and are very informative! I would love to see your take on the capture of forts at Verdun in ww1 or perhaps Swedish uniform evolution.
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Can you please do evolution of Italian army uniform ? And maybe even evolution of French tanks and British tanks and Italian tanks please !
great upload
Please do the Republic of China/Taiwanese Army uniforms next! 🇹🇼
Can you guys for the next uniform evolution do the uniforms of the Polish military?
maybe in the future, could you do Spanish uniforms? or Mexican uniforms?
There were so many French uniforms in the Napoleonic Age that it would take an animation of 1 hour to go through them all - Sappers of the Guard, Gendarmes of the Guard, Marines of the Guard, Polish Lancers, Foot Artillery of the Guard, the Mameluks, Chasseurs of the Guard, Dragoons, Hussards, Carabiniers and Cuirassiers (to name a few).
The Golden Age of French Military Uniforms.
Don't forget the Young Guard and the Middle Guard
There were a lot of uniforms for each nation. The Russians also had many uniforms for different units.
@@podemosurss8316 Bro Russia had militia armed with pikes and forks don't brag too much
It also work with the french army of the Ancien regime.
There were differents colors being used by regular line infantry, foreigners regiments and the maison du roy.
The French aircraft had “cocarde” (national marking) on plane that were the red outside and the blue on centre. The video shows British cocardes that are exactly the contrary.
Yes and even if we remove the cocarde we can recognize that it is an English plane because during the two wars they had blue, white and red at the end of the rear wing (yes that would correspond more to France but that is not the case)
J'ai toujours confondu les deux
@@azertymoiloi Pour ne plus confondre, il faut savoir que la cocarde part du centre
@@acteprofane merci
I still love how everyone was wearing brown in WW1 and the French were just “no”
Actually it's not sure that without trench warfare, they would have changed their uniform. It was also not responsible for the casualties in 1914.
Non*
Can't deny the French for their style!!!
if Frenchies die, they will die well dressed lol
Other countries: use dark colors to hide better.
France: BRIGHT BLUE
In the 90's, the French started to wear CCE camouflage, which was of the same cut at the olive drab tenue F2. and half way the 90's the French started to wear in a desert environment, a desert camouflage uniform, nicknamed Daguet. And a nice touch, that you used this version of Le Boudin. and in my case, Vive la Legion.
crazy to think the french started WW1 with armored french dragoons and their old blue and red uniformes (and kepi) from the previous century and transition to modern warfare equipment we know today, helmets , faded color uniforms, tanks and planes.
Respect for this man living 300+ years just to use all french uniforms
Dpn't you recognize Carcajou ?
An absolute legend fr
They killed him so many times just to revive him again
He keeps going to war because he wants to die
When you have the most military victories, but people remember you for surrendering in the last great conflict
France split and only partly surrendered. The Free French fought on. And, although lesser known, Vichy French also fought on but on the other side. One of last units defending Berlin against the Allies was French, while Free French were part of the Allied advance on Berlin (why do you think one sector of Berlin was controlled by the French during the Cold War?)
@@drdoom-skull2244 but what is explanation about United French lose in Vietnam and Algeria? And also struggle with Houthi?
everybody had their asses Kicked by germans during WW2 FROM 39 TO 42 !! ,brits had a channel and russians had huge counrty to retreat and USA had atlantic ocean !i dont know why exept faty keybord warriors focuse only on the french crash
@@superspies32 the french have won militarily whether it is indochina or algeria, for algeria it is almost total perfect but international pressure has made algeria win politically, for indochina the war ends rather by lack of French logistics, but results from 14 victories for 4 defeats
@@aayhanfett894 but the aims of French in Indochina is a quick end. And they failed, in the battle of Hanoi 1946, they were stalled up to months. They also archieved many victories but it was meaningless because entire army be struck in attrition guerrilla warfare and they can’t even stepped to Viet Minh headquaters.
And finally, they forget that Napoleon has said the one who hiding to a fortress is the one be beaten to defeat. So they go to enemy territory to make a fortress with only one road and the airlines through one airfield. If Napoleon resurrected at that time, I bet he will thrown entire French high command in Indochina through windows or trenches.
I love my country, even if everyone always has something bad to say about it.
Bah si tu aimerais ton pays tu ecrirais en français !!!
@@valentingrolleau364 Ta phrase n'est pas forcément plus correcte...
@@valentingrolleau364 Dit le mec qui sait pas conjuguer correctement
@@王李小-o8d Au moins il essaye. Allé on corrige : " Bah, si tu aimais tant ton pays, tu écrirais en français ! " De toutes manières plus grand monde ne sait écrire correctement notre langue. J'en veux pour preuve tous les mails que je reçois tous les jours au boulot. Sans parler de ceux ou celles, ne soyons pas sexistes ^^. Qui écrivent des pavés sans aucune ponctuation. Un pur moment de déchiffrage. :)
@@valentingrolleau364 sauf que tout le monde écrit en anglais dans cette vidéo. Donc c'est plutot logique qu'il le fasse aussi
What a amazing video, by far my favorite. With many references to the french history army as the capitaine d’Anjou with his left Hand in wood at Camerone, or also the Dunkirk battle with this iconic scene in the Nolan movie of the same name when brits retreating and finally the hostage taking of the flight 8689 Air France at Marignane. Perfectly realised with french military backgroûnd. No sincerelly what a wonderdul work, masterclass
As a member of the toy army men-collecting community, I find these videos invaluable when it comes to painting and styling them. I think a whole series of these videos should be released. Videos on Austrian uniforms history, Italian uniforms, Swedish, Greek, Turkish, Chinese, Mexican, Spanish, Portuguese, and maybe some Latin American countries' uniforms would be great. I understand that they might not be popular with everyone, since it's just clothes and weapons, but it's my suggestion.
I like the idea 😀!
As a Swede i would like to so a swedish solider video
This!
Ah, the Old Guard my favorite out of all the regiments in the Grand Armee. Their requirements were very strict unlike their younger version the Young Guard. You had to be 1.73m for chasseurs and 1.78m for the grenadiers (no height requirement for those award the Legion of Honor), knew how to write and read, 35 years of age, 10 year of service and fought at 3 or more campaigns.
The Old Guard was useless during the retreat of La Grande Armee in Russia and the only soldiers able and disciplined enough to cover the retrat at the Beresina were the Swiss regiments, from 9'000 Swiss forced into Napoleons service only 300 returned home, Maréchal Ney knew that only with Swiss he could cover the retreat of la Grande Armée at the Beresina same as that since Francois 1er all French kings had their loyal Swiss regiments as body guards and also to guard the borders of France and do police work against bandits in the country-sid, the mosquetaires were truly only a wish-ful thinking by Alexandre Diumas, no French kign was crazy enough to trust French soldiers and during the wars against the Huguenots again the Regiments Suisses saved the French kings life.
@@jurgbangerter1023 At the battle of Marignan (1515), François 1er crazily trusted his undisciplined french soldiers and won the battle, starting by force a Swiss tradition that still lives on today, neutrality.
@@jurgbangerter1023 Napoleon didn't trusted the Suisse enough. The Grand Armee only had Swiss Regiments because The Swiss at the time was the Helvetic Republic if I'm right still had very good fighters. Napoleon either forced them or mercenaries volunteered to fight for him in his campaigns. The Old Guard in the other hand was Napoleon's best men since they fought with him when he was still a young officer and Napoleon gained their respect and so did they. And of course as their name most of the men that make up the Old Guard were middle aged veterans they're now slower, and less energetic to say the least and The Middle Guard and Young Guard that make up the rest of the Imperial Guard were already fighting in the front lines to wish to be one day apart of the veterans. So yes the Old Guard may be useless in the retreat because their health was deteriorating as well as the rest of the army. Since they're old men they get tired more and walking for days in the harsh winter of Russia isn't a suitable place for a middle aged veteran carrying full gear with a heavy musket and an especially heavy bearskin not to mention when snow and rain got on their bearskins it would make it much heavier.
@@Indigo-ke5dq In Switzerland the Central Cantons fought hard against Napoleon. To invade Switzerland he had declared no war so his attack was against the Perpetual Peace Treaty of France Napoleon broke, also Napoleon sent two armies against one Swiss in his surprise attack, one French army got beaten but the other wan, he was only interested in the treasuries of the Cantons since France had been bancrupted trough Napoleons wars and he stole all the money and gold he could find, also Swiss Freedom fighters even women fought against Napoleons troops being outnumbererd greatly,after the many napoleonic battles Switzerland had over 40'000 Full orphans. The Swiss who marched in la Grande Armee against Russia were all forced into French service. The French weren't a tough as the Swiss montagnards were, also they weren't used to cold climates and harsh conditions and French soldiers never had much discipline not even the old guard. Lucklily the Russians sacked big parts of France after Napoleon's retreat and defeats some even in Switzerland under Suchorov, so the French finally got to taste some of their own medecine ...that the Russians sacked Reims, the city wee French kings were crowned in the Cathedrale, is strangely enough in no French history book, thats where the Russian Boyars got their taste for Veuve Clicquot's and other Champagne and invented the SABRING -sabrer of Champagne bottles...it was the best marketing for Champagne, this Russian aristocrats later ordererd French Champagne by whole wagon trains after their sack in Reims to relive their victory over a tyrant.
@@Indigo-ke5dq actually Napoleon was at this time already back in Paris and it was Maréchal Ney's decision, Ney was a German speaker from the Lorraine who already had chosen and trusted the Swiss more than the French, La Lorraine had once been liberated at the battle of Nancy by the Swiss and this from another tyrant which was Charles the Bold- or le Téméraire(duke of Burgundy) which in fact was a coward and brutal war-lord, about the same as Hitler and Napoleon, massacring a city full of 20'000 Civilians like Dinant in Belgium and still being called the Bold is strong, his life was ended by a Swiss halbardier who cut his noble head in halves at Nancy.
For the algorithm.
Vive l'Algorithm!
For the Views!
Ok cool...
Für der freiheit von osterreich
Vive l'Monetization!
Actually, during WWII, Free French were equipped with what they had left of french uniforms and equipement, british and later also american gear. Free French units were equiped depending on where they were stationed but also on which allied army they were fighting along. French units incorporated in American units would receive American equipement and so on. In a nutshell, they used what ever they could get their hands on and fine tune it too their needs.
if you look for the Alps' front of 1944-1945, you see how poorly equiped and commanded the french could be.
@@jeanmahmoud6167 very interesting and forgotten fronts
I like a lot the mix of americans uniforms with French "Képi" hat or french tankist/motorcycle helmets.
@@thomaslacornette1282 indochina uniforms 😍😍
@@pujo6532 A connaisseur!
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Napoleon really set the French Military to a status of impressive with the academy still functioning.
The 1940 uniform is my favorite. Thanks for making this video!
They issued white flags with that uniform.
@@lunkystraydog6572 do you guys never get tired with this unfunny joke ?
@@adjoftce6547 no
The 1940 uniform remains supreme!
@@expandedhistory just out of curiosity which country had the best uniforms do you think?
Great video as always!
The only thing that ticks me is that the Saint Cyr Military Academy do not parade with rifles, but with swords, as they are officers.
Was looking for this comment, thanks! Chic à Cyr
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Wonderful video! Good on the French for having some of the most diverse uniforms the world has seen. Sometimes helpful, sometimes disappointing, they highlight what is part of the French Military's identity.
They have a long and deep history which contrary to the stereotypes, the French had seen alot of great victories!
@@BHuang92 Indeed so!
@@BHuang92 They only surrendered once in WWII to actually give a chance for any “French identity” to survive.
…and that’s what got their stereotype.
@T.V.2 bot
@@stevemc01 That, and people don't have the brainpower to look beyond a single event
wave 35 was worth it guys
For those who don't get it
There is a game called guts and blackpowder
There is a really hard badge called "soldats de garde" or whatever
Which means old guard,to get this
You must complete 7 things,i will list two,get Vos enterment (sacrifice on a specific map in game)
And survive 35 waves in one life
Look up the game
Guts & Blackpowder fandom is everywhere 😱🤯
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Very hard now I didn't get old guard
as a french person who loves weapons and uniforms, this is very very very very accurate
I stopped watching because of the mistakes and generalizations.
Some guy firing a musket at 7-10 rounds a minute
Now that's soldiering
The FPW soldiers were wearing those white kepis with covers, where as any source I could find had red kepis without covers
As a french I am very glad you made a video on french uniforms ! Very nice video which honors our great military history, so thank you very much
I think you should also do the Evolution of Italian Uniforms, there is a lot of history to uncover!
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Yeah, maybe turkish or Spanish ones too? Maybe China is next
@LiOn Nahh
@LiOn something with history, like if you do Canada only thing we are gonna see is British colonial soldiers and modern Canadian uniforms, also the commonwealth uniforms were mostly British uniforms
Or Serbia or yugoslavia
Very cool detail to add Danjou's wooden hand when speaking of the FFL
You guys deserve more subs these videos are absolutely outstanding
3:36 I like how they go kill and do everything hard and just walk back like nothing happened
5:50 I like the Camerone battle representation with the hand of the capitaine Danjou
this video was good, I liked it very much
Camarón
@Earthen jadis in french we say camerone. It’s emblematic battle for Légion Etrangère and Danjou’s prothesis a relic.
My great grand father fought during the battle of France in 1940, he was in the tanks tho so he might have had a different uniform. But I'm so proud of that, he participated to one of the few wins that France got against Germany and fought side by side with De Gaulle, who was in the tanks too before becoming a general.
Always hoping to learn something new with these videos, also glad how much you’ve improved.
Interesting video !!!
And that plane when talking about the GIGN was a nice touch.
I was literally about to say that! The plane when he brought of the French GIGN was beautiful!
Incroyables la vidéo, merci beaucoup. Je ne connaissais pas vraiment les armures des soldats français. En tout cas bravo.
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It’s amazing how much information you can give your audience in such little time.
One of the best transitions yet. Good work.
i love these videos so much the quality of them increase so much over the years i didnt even realise how low quality his old videos were until i looked back on them and compared the 2. props to your team.
3:21 they completion the old guard achievement
As a french I'd just want to say that the "L" in "fusil" is silent and "fusiller" sounds like "fussiyer". Great video
The roundels on the French WW1 aircraft at 8:15 are incorrectly British. The French used red on the outside and blue in the centre, like the tricolor cockades on hats during the French Revolution. The British initially put the Union Jack on their planes but stopped this practice by 1915 as they were being mistaken for the black Cross Pattée that the Germans used.
France: **has the most military victories in human history**
People making the same surrender joke all the time: "Thomas has never seen such bullshit before!"
@amine dead gamer
They fought and defeated the most coalitions in human History, were the powerhouse of Europe longer than the Roman Empire was and are the most influential country in History of warfare.
@amine dead gamer ww2 wasn’t lost but ok. 1940 was a critical defeat, but France managed to stay at the winners table ( especially by saving the British army at bir hakeim against a much larger Italo-german army)
@@maskr5520 yeah but for most of the war their men were in labor camps and getting literally cucked by the Germans. It's a Supreme humiliation that they never really got to recover from.
@amine dead gamer Here we go again...Algeria was NOT A MILITARY DEFEAT. They retired from it without any defeat after the treaty of Evian because even controlling the was majority of the local cities it was the never ending stroy and everybody in the UN and Europe was against them especially because of the heavy hand COIN tactics that they used.
@@Balrog2005 yeah never listen to America
I was just watching another video of yours and then I saw this! Loving the content! Keep it up man!
Awesome work and I really loved the visuals along with the effects and uniforms as always Griff! One suggestion for the soon future: Italian uniforms throughout history, for the shits and giggles. Though I will admit, some aspects were pretty cool like those feathered mountain caps which were worn by the Sardinian infantry 😙
The Old Guard is in fact a group of different regiments. The ones in this videos are Old Guard Grenadiers. In the Old Guard, you can also find Chasseurs, and many other units like cavalry and artillery for example
Can we get a video of the Austrian uniforms in history if possible please.
@Guillaume Taillefer probably a bot..
The Armchair Historian Team has already done an Austrian March Theme like the other historical great powers, so I can expect an Austrian uniform video too along with Italy & Turkey.
Absolutely
Thx you for making this video France has a deep and incredible history that you can tell just by those uniforms its sad that its most of the time only resumed by "France surrendered in WW2"
Well France needs to win some glorious victory in order to wipe that shame away especially after losing in nam and Algeria.
@@joeywheelerii9136 THey didn't loose in military terms in Algeria...all the contrary. Shame for what ? To be a medium power that cannot anymore be in all the continents like a century ago? The world has moved on...
@@Balrog2005 well the FNL forces were pretty much obliterated by the end of 1960, yes, but De Gaulle realised the hopelessness of the situation when, even as the guerilla forces being depleted, the kill rate still remained high. The attacks on european civilians and troops never ceased, and there was no hope, nor true gain, in holding this territory anymore. It would forever be an agitated country that would simply not be worth the oil it contained..
@@joeywheelerii9136 Not if you know anything about history. The French have a good military record
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We could lose ten conflicts in a row, we already have so much glory in our History that we wouldn't feel the slightest ounce of shame as a whole.
Keep up your videos I love them so much and I wish I had found this channel sooner. Keep up the good work
Just a reminder this is a quick and easy deconstruction of the French military uniforms, it's indeed as everyone imagine deeper and more complexe that presented in this video, which nonethless is very informative and amazing to look at!
The Old Guard's hat was later picked up by the British and turned their use to being part of what is now known as "the Queen's Guard"
Finally an episode on my country !
Always enjoy watching these
Great Video as Always. Would be cool If you could do a polish Uniform Video next
There are some great little details hidden in your videos...such as Danjou' hand on the rock beside him at Camerone
4:55 Sharpe reference? Now that's soldiering.
You mean this part? 3:25
Fun fact: In the Napoleonic wars, there were 2 variants of uniforms that were issued. The older one were the ones used by the Imperial Guards to the very last. The newer one was more simpler.
And there were also -albeit for a short time- a white uniform in 1807, intended to replace the blue ones because cheaper. They didn't last so they are little known.
@@laurentdevaux5617 i think the reason why they don't use white uniform aggain because Austrian use the same uniform, there its one battle where one of the regiment have friendly fire because the uniform was white like Austrian
@@NapoleonBonaparte-of4sl The Saxons at Wagram got shot by friendly troops
@@5xd0plays32 yes that was what i meant
One thing about WWII and the French uniform was they also used a lot of American equipment. In the Osprey series the second booklet on French uniforms shows that they often mixed up whatever gear they could get. In the same book they show a French paratrooper who served in eastern France and his uniform and rifle are all American, only his patches distinguish as French. There is even a Willie and Joe comic that makes a comment about how the French were using mostly American equipment when Willie and Joe are with a girl among French soldiers all kitted out in American gear and their evading an American MP by saying "No parle Englis".
10:32 this shot is 🔥🔥🔥 give the animator a raise for that one.
Will you ever do Evolution of Bulgarian uniforms? I think it’s going to be a interesting video.
The French kepi design spread quite a bit, being adopted by numerous armies. The kepi looked like a much more sensible design evolution than the shako that preceded it. I never quite agreed seeing the tall, bulky shako being so widely adopted by many countries at the time. The kepi even crossed the Atlantic and was used by the US Army. Hell, during the American Civil War, it was typical for both Union and Confederate armies.
I was so excited when I saw the thumbnail for this video! I was waiting for a video on French uniforms for a long time. Thanks a ton, Griffin!
P.S. Could you please do Italian uniforms next?
Another great video, as always! Also, these animations never seem to stop getting better!
This series of the evolution of uniforms throughout time is really cool! I hope you can do the Chinese uniforms of the PLA, ROC, Qing and Beiyang Army in the future.
I like these uniform evolution series
Definitely one of my favorites! Seeing different countries military uniform history just blows my mind. Also I love your channel!
For me the WW1 1916 French uniform is one of the most beautifull
I wish there were more video's on the Napoleonic wars. Those would do good!
I love the F&M music by the way.
Good job making this video!
Good video like always!
Amazing, I have been waiting for this one! Just a little nitpick, the roundels of the planes at 8:06 should be 'red, white, blue', and not 'blue, white, red', which is the British roundel!
Love these uniform videos, could you maybe do one for Portugal?
Finally. Thank you.
4:49 Why do i feel so wierd when i watch the french guards charge at the scottish highlanders?
Excellent work yet again, you all at Armchair History never cease to amaze with the shear detail you put into your animations. Excellent work.
For the next Uniform Evolution video you should do Italy, Sweden, or possibly Spain.
Fun fact: In the minute 6:20, this is the same uniform the Chileans use in the Saltpeter war (or Pacific war) but after the 1900, they start using the Prussian uniform.
Many South American armies (Chile, Peru, Argentina...etc) in the mid to late 19th century copied French uniforms as France was considered to have the best army in the world.
Even American armies on both side of the American Civil War did to some extend.
It changed after France got humiliated by Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War, and Chile then started imitating the Prussians instead.
Do your next uniform video about the Evolution of Italian Soldier Uniforms
Note that Saint Cyr’s hat are made with (blue, white, red) ostriches ‘ plumes
Fun fact: Even with the amount of prestige that the Napoleon's Old Guard receive, the French soldiers also often referred to them as "the Immortals"
One of the best evolution of uniforms episode!
Thanks for your great job.
BTW France's army always had and still have beautiful blue uniforms.
Это потрясающий канал для истории! Спасибо вам за отличную работу:)
My favorite is definitely the French and Indian war period. Something about the White coat with blue and gold trim looks really good to me
My favorite one is the late 1800's ones with the cap covers. Love those tropical type uniforms
Très joli travail merci à toi !
Ooh I think Chinese Uniforms should be next on the list imo, very very nice video!
That's what I said lol
Would be long, due to the numerous different uniforms during the warlord era and ww2.
It would be interesting to see parrallels between PRC and ROC uniforms since 1949
FFL uniforms looks so cool
You guys should check out Ocean Liner Designs and Illustrations! His style fits yours and he does historical ships.
Ça fait infiniment plaisir de voir le Commando Kieffer merci ❤❤
It was perfect dude! Maybe next video evolution of italian army?
Yes italian army uniforms are cool
I love the evolution series please keep doing it!
Very good video as usual, I allow myself to add some precision on the uniforms of the 20th century, during the ww1 the colonial troops had their green uniform (similar to the regular one of the ww2) this green had been proposed for the regular army since 1916 but some generals found that the uniform lacked panache that is why the blue was kept, during the ww2 for the free French forces there were British uniforms as in the videos but also in North Africa the legionnaires were in English uniform with the famous white kepis and mainly American uniforms from 1943 (see mixed American uniform + m26 helmet)
in Indochina the combat dress and the armament were so varied that it is difficult to make a standardization but we can see different camouflage like the U.S "duck hunter", the british denison smoke and the french outfits TAP 47/56 and many other, in the videos the men wear their hats like the australian bu the French fold both sides of the hat, I could add some detail but my comments are quite long 😅
thank you if you have read this far
French uniform may not always be the most practical but they always look cool
Je l’attendais enfin
Next one do french tank evolution
Im looking forward to it
Wasn’t there a French king’s guard that the dude wrote the Three Musketeers about? What did they wear
You´re probably talking about Alexandre Dumas and his famous book « les trois mousquetaires »
Glorious!
Hope that the next episode would be about the uniform of Spanish army🇪🇸, one of the oldest active armies in the world. The stark contrast between the Habsburg Spanish army and the modern one would be really interesting.
4:36 When Neopolian old guards just marches causally like their was nothing
4:55
“Let’s play a game called spot the French Soldier!”
Absolutely love the Napoleonic era uniforms, and basically everything from WWI onward. The GIGN doesn't have my favorite uniforms compared to other similar international units, but I still like it well enough.
GiGN = French SWAT. It is not a military force used during regular battles or in foreign territories. It is only involved in high risk police interventions in France. On the other side, French special forces are composed of various commandos, regrouped under a central command named COS.
You’re a master at history
as always a great video mate......would be awesome if you could do videos on more ww1 battles like the battle of tannenberg and the battles of the byzantine empire......thank you
I love this video!!!! Could you make one of the Dutch army as well?? That would be so awesome!!
The régiment of sambre et meuse song in the background, is absolutely marvellous
I really love the channel and how it shows history in an easily consumable way. The only problem i have with it is that the soldiers have a hunchback on everyone which kinda looks weird to me. But my opinion should not make you change your animation style at all! Other than that I love the channel! Keep it up!
Like always your videos have incredible art and are very informative!
I would love to see your take on the capture of forts at Verdun in ww1 or perhaps Swedish uniform evolution.
Fantastic video! Doing a Spanish evolution would be interesting to see because there is so much to cover and a lot of variation throughout history
You should do a spain one, i cannot find a single image of a spanish soldier during 1910's