As a small country of Switzerland, sandwiched between the despotic, the modern to more than a "neutral" as the foundation. But more surprisingly, pushed forward a few years since it almost from the Middle Ages, poor provoke a war of Swiss mercenaries, the output is a major port. Swiss mercenaries, of course not just patents, Germany, and Spain have, but the best quality, discipline and the best, most courageous battle, on the master's most faithful ... ... When the devaluation Swiss.
Switzerland Qiongshanwushui was not yet world-famous watch and clock industry; are not banking the jackpot; also not as Geneva, Zurich and so that the world's top tourism leader. The Swiss mercenaries as a career when is fashion, this is a bit like today's wage earners out of China's rural areas. Rui Shibing accustomed to guns and Hercules fought extremely chivalrous, national recruitment are cute, from the stick position to charge forward, from delivering supplies to steal Walled touch business, the Swiss all have to adapt. The first Swiss mercenaries to join as an individual, from the 14th century, Switzerland output by the organization to the foreign mercenaries. Down the centuries, no less than two million Swiss mercenaries participating countries, for foreign masters in their lives, but also to the motherland to make money.
Although since 1874 the Swiss people accepted the Constitution prohibits foreign military employment, but there is still a large number of volunteers quietly slipped out of their personal identity - the brand anyway, so the Swiss mercenaries who have been in short supply. The Swiss mercenaries for different employers on the battlefield the tragedy of fratricidal difficult to avoid, such as the 1709 French and British and Dutch forces fought a fierce battle in the mal-pura, confrontation of the two corps are to the Swiss mercenaries at the head, with the family Cao Ge and their own master.
In Ruishilusen, there is a "dying lion" of stone as commemorate the heroic defense of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI and the death of Swiss mercenaries, on top of the Latin words: "courage and loyalty to the Swiss pay tribute" - - is the most touching portrayal of Swiss mercenaries.
Until 1927, the Swiss began to use legal official to stop - only to guard the Vatican opened the exception. Guarding the Holy See as to this, there are already 500 years old. Each year, about 30 are now allowed to join the Vatican and Switzerland Guard recruits, the Swiss mercenaries in service of at least 2 years must be a Swiss citizen, Catholic, unmarried, aged 19 to 30 years of age, height at 1.74 meters above. Without any adverse history. Vatican and Switzerland Guard currently has 110 people, and their task is to protect the pope, Vatican City and out of the channel guard, to defend the Pope Palace, the Pope daily office and perform other security tasks celebrations.
Perhaps the earliest use of mercenaries in the Roman Empire, but most are accustomed to, and also the most extensive use of mercenaries when the devaluation of France. • From Napoleon to Louis Philippe, "the French Foreign Legion" of volunteers have actually come from 130 different countries. So 78 years ago the face of menacing "European allies", Napoleon had not timid, 1812 Huibing 500 000 hit Russia, the real high-Lu Shibing less than a quarter, the last almost Army was destroyed, the death of course, mostly foreign mercenaries.
A French mercenary Colonel Bernelle have clear requirements: not necessarily patriotic, but owe allegiance to the Legion. Thus, "Legion is our motherland," the French foreign mercenaries known maxim.
Mercenary system in France has always persevered, that year I flew the plane to Paris, met a young man in Beijing's suburbs, after the expiry of his service in France, has acquired French nationality. He spoke a lot about the mercenaries in the little-known story, I feel quite strange, but he confessed that there is: These generally do not have spread ... ...
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