Photographs of French Napoleon’s Veterans

Exocet25fr · 11-22-21, 12:42 PM

https://library.brown.edu/info/colle...askb/veterans/

nikimcbee · 11-23-21, 11:58 PM

That's totally cool.

Skybird · 11-24-21, 06:25 AM

The real meaning of "dressed to kill".

Reminds me of some chapters in John Keegan's "A History of Warfare" where he talks about that warrior castes often accept absurd, even hindering attachments to their armour and clothing only because it was tradition or a way of expressing resistence to changing fighting methods and modernization having its ways. Those photos impress due to the details. And the peacock-like posing of the subjects.

Nice find!

Those clothings do not look comfortable. Maybe that is their purpose: to keep the warrior in a grim mood.

nikimcbee · 11-24-21, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The real meaning of "dressed to kill".

Reminds me of some chapters in John Keegan's "A History of Warfare" where he talks about that warrior castes often accept absurd, even hindering attachments to their armour and clothing only because it was tradition or a way of expressing resistence to changing fighting methods and modernization having its ways. Those photos impress due to the details. And the peacock-like posing of the subjects.

Nice find!

Those clothings do not look comfortable. Maybe that is their purpose: to keep the warrior in a grim mood.

Skybird, did you ever see the TV series "Soldiers", based on Keegan's book? It's the best! I still have the original VHS tape I used to record it off TV!

Skybird · 11-25-21, 03:06 AM

No, but now I will keep my eyes open for it. 't was a good book. Thanks for the hint!

em2nought · 11-25-21, 04:08 AM

Somebody should see if Peter Jackson would colorize these.

nikimcbee · 11-25-21, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

No, but now I will keep my eyes open for it. 't was a good book. Thanks for the hint!

It's on youtube, let me see if this link works for you:

Tank episode:

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,497 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	The real meaning of "dressed to kill". Reminds me of some chapters in John Keegan's "A History of Warfare" where he talks about that warrior castes often accept absurd, even hindering attachments to their armour and clothing only because it was tradition or a way of expressing resistence to changing fighting methods and modernization having its ways. Those photos impress due to the details. And the peacock-like posing of the subjects. Nice find! Those clothings do not look comfortable. Maybe that is their purpose: to keep the warrior in a grim mood. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-25-21, 03:06 AM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,497 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	No, but now I will keep my eyes open for it. 't was a good book. Thanks for the hint! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-25-21, 04:08 AM	#6
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,269 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Somebody should see if Peter Jackson would colorize these. __________________ Looks like we need a Lemon Law for Presidents now! DNC sold us a dud, and they knew it.