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Hoping to provoke war with France, Prussian officers of the elite Life Guards Regiment sharpen their swords on the steps of the French embassy in Berlin in the summer of 1806. Drawing by Felician Myrbach, 1906.

Depiction of the Revolutionary Tribunal during the French Revolution (1789-99) by an unknown author, c. 19th century. National Library of France, Paris.

On 8 February 1807, the second day of the Battle of Eylau, Marshal Joachim Murat leads the French Cavalry Reserve in a massive charge; involving over 11,000 men, it is one of the greatest cavalry charges of history. Painting by Jean-Antoine-Siméon...

A French Resistance fighter, smiling in defiance, faces a German firing squad during the occupation of France in the Second World War (1939-45). Imperial War Museums

French Republican calendar for Year III (1794-95), drawing by Philibert Louis Debucourt. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

A detail of a plate commemorating the 1790 Civil Constitution of the Clergy showing a priest swearing allegiance to the French state. The text translates as "I swear to maintain with all my power the Constitution". (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)

Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May, Wes Studi, and Steven Waddington in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Image by Morgan Creek Productions. The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Jodhi May in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Photo by Morgan Creek Productions The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.

The French destroyer Bourrasque sinking while carrying troops during the Dunkirk evacuation of May-June 1940. (Imperial War Museums)

French infantry defend a barricade against a Prussian assault during the Battle of Leipzig (16-19 October 1813). Print by Valadon, Bousson, Paris, after Paul-Émile Boutigny from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William M. Sloane, New York: Century...