Re Royal Entertainment (letter -- Jan. 17): Pierre Trudeau and two friends rode their motorcycles wearing 19th-century Prussian army uniforms, not Nazi uniforms as this silly rumour-that-will-not ...

In the 1850s, Bismarck and Wilhelm I wanted to build up Prussia's army to be ready if war broke out with the other German states or Austria To do this they needed to raise money through taxation.

Attired as the Colonel of his regiment of the Prussian Hussars, be left the palace for the Friedrichstrasse station at 10 P.M., accompanied by Emperor William, who wore a Russian uniform.

From the sharp lines of Prussian blue to the camouflage of modern-day Bundeswehr, German military uniforms have gone through dramatic changes over the centuries. In this video, we trace their ...