Название: One Million Mercernaries: Swiss Soldiers in the Armies of the WorldАвтор: John McCormack
Издательство: Pen and Sword
Год: 2014
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 317
Размер: 12,08 Мб
Язык: английский
The white mercenaries who attracted the world's attention in the Congo during the early 1960s were never more than a few hundred in number. In contrast, no fewer than a million Swiss troops served as mercenaries in the armies of Europe during the preceding 500 years. Swiss mercenaries form a significant strand in the rope of European military history, and this book draws on many French and German-language sources to describe how the Swiss emerged from the isolated valleys of the Alps with a new method of warfare.