I remember at GCSE
being somewhat annoyed by two different GCSE history books giving me two different reasons for the blue uniforms of the French.
1. A hangover from the days of bright uniforms, imposing soldiers, etc.
2. A rather... interesting form of camouflage, camouflaging soldiers against the light blue background of the horizon, suitable for the flat terrain of Northern France/Belgium.
Considering the preferred colour of France is often blue, and that they later switched to brown/green I think I know which story I believe.
(, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 15:13, Share, Reply)