The red trousers legend...
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:41 pm
It seems in WWI game you have to get an event to remove the red trouser of french soldiers ?
Legend says that France abandoned the red trousers because of too manys losses.
Legend also says it kept being red because the state woulnd't want the 'Garance' producers to bankrupt.
Well in truth France got its Garance as industrial chemical (alizarine ?) from German companies...
So, alas, at one point, the stocks were emptied and they had to find something else...
Truth, studies were made about some camouflage, but from what historical facts I could gather, the rend trousers were really first abandoned because of lack of the red colorant...
Legend says that France abandoned the red trousers because of too manys losses.
Legend also says it kept being red because the state woulnd't want the 'Garance' producers to bankrupt.
Well in truth France got its Garance as industrial chemical (alizarine ?) from German companies...
So, alas, at one point, the stocks were emptied and they had to find something else...
Truth, studies were made about some camouflage, but from what historical facts I could gather, the rend trousers were really first abandoned because of lack of the red colorant...