Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "Arming God's Battalions: a Papal States Rolling Block" video.

  1. Some notes: For centuries the papal states had been the borderline between Southern Italy/ Kingdom of Naples, and ( Up to about 1520) HRE influenced Northern Italy. Some to some extent strange facts about 1870: Not only german forces had a german Commander, also papal forces, a german with the name Kanzler, who was after ,fight' knighted by Pope. The Commander of italian forces was a man named Cardona, father of Luigi Cardona, Commander of italian forces in wwl. From 1928 ( when Mussolini established current Vatican City) to 1968 Vatican Forces consisted of Swiss Guard, Noblemen Guard, Papal Gendarmerie and Palatin Guard ( a milita).
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