This autochrome -- an early form of color photography -- shows soldiers of the 3rd Zouaves relaxing at the camp of la Valbonne in February 1913. A little over a year later, the colorful soldiers would be plunged into the holocaust of World War One. Photo E.C.P. Armees

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