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History of Military Uniforms

The history of the development of the uniform is closely linked to the emergence of standing armies. After the Thirty Years' War (1618–48), in the further course of the 17th century the troops that had previously been recruited or raised on an ad hoc basis were thereafter maintained even in peacetime and bound to the respective sovereign by long-term…

History of Military Uniforms

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