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Crimea becomes (unofficially) part of the Russian Empire.
The treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire. It leads Crimea to its official independence, that is, its actual dependence to Russia. Here Catherine the Great is depicted leading the armored soldiers, before the end of the war. Torelli, Stephano.Allegory of Catherine the Great’s Victory over the Turks and Tatars. oil on canvas. 1772 (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/collection/_show/image/_id/436 -
Massacre at the Champ-de-Mars
The Sans Culottes are the revolutionary forces that were chosen to be the most emblematic of the French Revolution. The Massacre of the Champ de Mars determined the entry in politics of the Sans Culottes, literally called "Without Pants". They show how the lack of military uniform allowed the romanticization of a revolutionary movement.
Anonymous. Le sans-culotte et la femme du sans-culotte, prints,1792 (coll. De Vinck, Bibliotheque nationale Francaise). -
Alexander I shows to Napoleon the Kalmuks, the Kossacks and the Baskir of the Russian Army
This painting illustrates the diversity of the Russian Army as well as the relation between the Russian and the French Empire before Napoleon declared war to Russia. Beregeret, Pierre-Nicolasco. Alexandre Ier présente a Napoleon les Kalmoucks, les Cosaques et les Baskirs de l'armée russe, le 9 Juillet 1807. Oil on canvas. 1810. (Chateau de Versailles) http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=000PE005060 -
The French leave for the battlefield
The French uniform in the beginning of World War I has not changed since the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. Brighter than the khaki German outfit, it will cost France quantity of deaths before adapting to the conditions with a more camouflage equipment.
Prouvé, Victor. Le départ du soldat. Oil on Canvas. 1914 (Musée Lorrain, Nancy). http://www.histoire-image.org/pleincadre/index.php?c=Guerre de 14-18&d=1&i=75 -
Theodor Eicke is named Inspector of Concentration Camps
Himmler names Eicke Inspector of Concentration Camps and Commander of SS guard formations, before appointing him as official head SS-Totenkopfverbände (Totenkopf meaning "death's head"), the "Death Squads" ruling the concentration camps.
Anonymous. Theodor Eicke. Black and White Photograph. 1941. (Bundesarchiv) https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1428451668/?search[view]=detail&search[focus]=7 -
Rommel and Major General von Bismarck in North Africa
Rommel and the Major General von Bismarck at a briefing with a map, managing the Afrika Korps. They are wearing a tan uniform, suited for combat in the desert. Otto. Nordafrika.- Offiziere bei Lagebesprechung mit Karte. Photograph. 1942 (Bundesarchiv). https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/cross-search/search/_1428452203/?search[view]=detail&search[focus]=2
