Featured in vatican swiss guardBYStephen CarlsonMay 7, 2022ShareThis military unit has been guarding the Pope without a break for over 500 yearsThe Vatican Swiss Guard is primarily regarded as a tourist attraction, but they are actually descended from a famous military tradition and their duties are anything but just ceremonial. Composed of a company of former Swiss military, the Swi… BYStephen CarlsonMay 7, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellNov 27, 2021ShareThis is when the Pope’s Swiss Guard was deadlier than 300 Spartans Military history is full of famous last stands – the Greeks at Thermopylae, BYBlake StilwellNov 27, 2021Share
BYStephen CarlsonMay 7, 2022ShareThis military unit has been guarding the Pope without a break for over 500 yearsThe Vatican Swiss Guard is primarily regarded as a tourist attraction, but they are actually descended from a famous military tradition and their duties are anything but just ceremonial. Composed of a company of former Swiss military, the Swi… BYStephen CarlsonMay 7, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellNov 27, 2021ShareThis is when the Pope’s Swiss Guard was deadlier than 300 Spartans Military history is full of famous last stands – the Greeks at Thermopylae, BYBlake StilwellNov 27, 2021Share
