What empires? In order to answer I’ll have to know
They had the power to control troop dispositions and appoint and remove military officers and legion commanders. Hope it helped :)
Answer: Von Steuben helped drill George Washington's army and Marquis De Lafayette showed his loyalty to Washington by helping Washington take down military-political plot aimed for George Washington to give up command to Continental Army.
Could you be referring to the holocaust? In that case it would have been the Jewish people.