A full colour tribute to a uniform inspired by the great tradition of
the French Army
After adopting the American uniform in 1943 when the French
Expeditionary Corps in North Africa were equipped by the United States,
the high command and the units were constantly improving it with additions
conforming to French military traditions. However, once peace had returned, its
metropolitan army needed new dress and uniforms.
The result of this development bore its fruit in 1954, nine years
after the end of the conflict. It was in that year that the TTA 148 appeared, a
set of regulations for all the arms, in colour, given over to the uniforms and
insignia of the French Army.
This fully illustrated volume includes the black and white plates of
the officers’ uniforms published in April 1954, and shows how from 1943 to 1956,
the high command and the units managed to transform a uniform which was dull by
its very nature into a rather becoming and tasteful uniform inspired by the
great tradition of the French Army. French language
