subject: How the Bright Colors in Military Clothing Ended [print this page] How the Bright Colors in Military Clothing Ended
The early 19th century in Western Europe showcased the ornamental peak of the military clothing. They were mostly had decorative styles and embellishments that were used during their march, parade, fight and even when they sleep. Luckily, this changed during the 1914. However, majority of the armies still provided colorful military uniforms, but they were mostly used for parade and off duty wear.
Different countries that were at war during those days also started introducing a different form of military clothing and thus end their bright color uniforms. For instance, during the Indian Muting of 1857, the British wore Khaki drill in India and Africa and a darker version of this clothing was introduced in their home. The Italians introduced grey-green in 1909 and this were followed by German and Austrian armies. The Danish Army also adopted the grey-green uniforms while the imperial Russian armies adopted the khaki-grey field uniforms in 1908.
When the First World War finally came to be, it finally ended the use of expensive practice of using colorful military clothing. Only the Belgian and French armies were the only who retained their colors and old fashioned headgear during the early days of 1914.
Changes soon began when the demands of modern warfare included finding means to support the army and at the same time protect them. Thus by 1916 everyone who were at war were wearing khaki,, various shades of grey, or sky blue. Countries such as Russia, Serbia, Turkish, Japan, Greek, French colonial and Britain mostly wore khaki, French and Romanian wore sky blue, and the Germans, Italians, Bulgarian, Portuguese, and Austro-Hungarian wore various shades of grey.
A lot of these changes in colors still happened until the World War II and military clothing containing shades of khaki and grey were mostly in used. These changes can be seen an important part of the history of military uniforms since they benefited entirely from these changes.
