Evolution of German Army Uniforms | Animated History (REMASTER IN DESCRIPTION)

Sources:
Soldiers as Citizens: former Wehrmacht officers in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945 - 1955
Quesada, Alejandro M. Uniforms of the German Soldier: An Illustrated History from 1870 to the Present Day. Havertown: Casemate Publishers, 2013. Kindle edition.
Other sources are cited on the slides

Music:
Armchair History Theme by Zach Heyde
7th Symphony by Beethoven
The Great War by Jon Bjork
Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner
Piano Trio No.2 by Franz Shubert

[TheArmchairHistorian]

Special thanks to:
Uniform History Channel
Johann Adler
Jasper Staudinger

[AlternateHistoryHub]

Please do more of these. This type of video solely about uniforms is fantastic.

[rosstheboss]

Girls: “I like me a man in uniform”

German Army: Say no more

[kimjongchungus]

“Hans get the badass uniform”
“Which one?”

[Rofl]

Say what you want, the Stahlhelm ww1/ww2 Helmet is the coolest looking war helmet since people stopped killing each other with swords

[erikpearl]

We hear so very little about German colonial troops so, even though they wernt the main focus of this video, it was very welcome to see them thank you!

[reubenbanks]

This guy is immortal I mean he been through every war

[mrcolddrink]

Alternate title: A time traveling German man

[rupertcarlquist]

Can we please all take a minute and appreciate the EXCELLENT choices in background music? Beethoven, Wagner & Schubert? Iconic german stuff that is!

[bugboyeric]

Some more things about German uniforms:

-The Bavarian helmet is called a Raupenhelm
-The Bavarian shown in the video is in the 8th Infantry Regiment, Shown by Yellow Cuffs and Collar, plus gold buttons. The Colour worn by most Infantry regiments was Red, With the Grenadier-Garde Regiment, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th Infantry Regiments having a shade of red as their Identification colours.
-The Colour Trim on the Slouch hat for Schutztruppe changed depending on the colony, Blue for South west Africa, White for East Africa and Red for Togo.
-Corduroy Uniforms were very rare to see outside of South West Africa, the main uniform in East Africa and in Togo were more similar to the East Asian uniforms with Blue piping around edges.
-The Grey Schutztruppe uniform was the Home uniform, The uniform the Schutztruppe wore while back in Germany.
-The Bavarians got their own special variation of the M15 Tunic, with a Field Gray collar and Bavarian flag ribbon around the edge.
-Pickelhaubes had different markings depending on the state you were from.
-The Reichswehr tunic is rather different from what you show, It had a Feldgrau Collar and Shoulder boards with internal angled lower pockets. What you show is more akin to the Whermacht M36 Tunic, With the bottle green collar and shoulder boards.
-The east German uniform you showed Was an Early Uniform, Or Parade uniform later on. The East Germans Dropped the Grey wool uniforms pretty early on and Adopted Blumentarn camo uniforms, Which got replaced by Strichtarn, a copy of Polish Raindrop camo.

[eisenkoenig]

Imperial German cowboy isn’t real, he can’t harm you!


Imperial German cowboy: 01:51

[msuld]

other countries: We need to seize creating military uniforms to save the economy!
Germany: *masses Hugo Boss fashion week*

[Better_Clean_Than_Green]

"German" in the title

Germans: *click*

[BanditoBurrito]

Rest in peace to all the unknown soldiers who's names are lost to time.

[american]

Must be tough serving 200 years of the German Armed Forces. Respects to that man

[fatherlucid]

Despite the horrors that came of WW2. You gotta admit the Germans had badass helmets and uniforms.

[monkeyman]

So how many German military uniforms do you want?
Chilean Armed Forces: Yes.

[thenotflatearth]

Gone are the days when you could just outstyle the enemies on the battlefield

[seanbm]

I love how ww1 was the turning point of history from “aesthetics” to “practicality”

[greenboialex]

no wonder so many of them froze to death with drip like that 🥶😰