Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "Arming God's Battalions: a Papal States Rolling Block" video.

@ulqinaku8471 The concept of Zouaves originated in the French Army, where they were Algerian Berber volunteers. This idea didn't last very long, and later Zouave units consisted entirely of Frenchmen (either metropolitan or Algerian-born). Despite this, they still wore the same uniforms, and thus there's still a definite "North African Muslim" aesthetic to it. And the Papal Zouaves wore a uniform heavily based on that of the French Zouaves. Thus, Catholics dressing up like Muslims.
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