Rome, 1st January 1936.
Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, came on the throne of St. Peter, archbishop of Rome, second of Christ on the Earth and supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church as His Holyness Pius XI.
It was a year that, under the blessing of Austria, the numerous Italian duches were united in the so called "Italian Federation".
In Vienna it was believed that a union of the moltitude Italian states born from the dissolution of the Kingdom of Italy was necessary to face in a more calm atmosphere the numerous internal concerns.
The status quo was lasting from more than 15 years, but then things changed, and His Holyness was having a mandate over Italy, or at least a part of it.
It was the proof that "the ways used by our Lord are infinite", thought Pius XI, while sitting in his office. He was thinking about what happened. In 1860 the Papacy was stripped of Umbria and Marche (zones of Perugia and Ancona, ndr) for the proclamation of the kingdom of Italy, with the ruthless and unfaithful atheist of Camillo Benso Cavour. Then, in 1870 even Rome was lost to this state that was against the Christianity. Then the "cold war", with episodes like the "non expedit".
It was a difficult time for the Church: stripped of their rightfully owned territories from millenniums, forced to face the expansion of this new atheist vision of the world that is socialism.
"Even Jesus himself was tempted, by the devil, in the desert. We can't think that we are safe from difficult trials, or we would commit blasphemy by considering us superior than Jesus". This made him feeling immediately more confortable.
Then the first Weltkrieg... how was defined by his predecessor (Benedictus XV, ndr)? Oh, the "suicide of civil Europe" and the "useless bloodbath".
But it would be a lie not thinking that, in the end, this was helping... The last great Catholic power, Austria-Hungary, showed its force against the invaders sent by Turin decades ago, and despite the division of Italy was seen as a humiliation, it was a necessary step for reviving the great scheme of God, designed by Vincenzo Gioberti in 1848.
In a time of tribolation and darkness, the Italians discovered again to be Catholic, and decided to rely on the love of our almighty Father. This led the governants to swear fidelty on us, and to rely more and more on us.
Even the birth of a new Satanist state, the Commune of France, helped us in this way: for the need of security, they asked us for union.
Davide fought Golia, but the Jews could never get their land without fighting toghether instead of fighting each other, and we must follow the examples provided in the Bible.
And so, the scheme of His Holyness as the head of Italy is half complete. And this gives us new challenges.
"His Holyness, how can this conciliate with the message of love and peace that Christ taught us multiple times?", asked Cardinal Dalla Costa, who was coming and heard.
Pius XI had the habit of thinking too loud. He answered "My dear son, the ancient Romans would answer you 'Pax Christi in regno Christi consequenda est; sed, si vis pacem, para bellum'. Pax Christi in regno Christi..."
Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa
So guys, this was merely the interlude.
Welcome to my new project of an AAR. As you will have seen by the title, I will pick the Italian Federation, as I saw that there was only an AAR of a lot of time ago about this nation.
In this AAR, I will adopt a different style from the old one. I will no more use a book style, but I will use a style typical of the ancient Rome: the history of the nation, year per year. An example is the "Annales Maximi".
I want to recreate a sense of nostalgy for a great past, opposed to a dark present and a refuge from it.
As usual, I will try to update week per week, or when I end a month/three months/six months/year (I will decide).
In the next update I will discuss what is the situation by 1936: army, air force, navy. And I will expecially define my objectives.
Well, one is obvious, but I do not want to stick only on it. But I will not start the actual game without clarifying and defining them: it maybe was a mistake in the last game.
So, rendez - vous for tomorrow
Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, came on the throne of St. Peter, archbishop of Rome, second of Christ on the Earth and supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church as His Holyness Pius XI.
It was a year that, under the blessing of Austria, the numerous Italian duches were united in the so called "Italian Federation".
In Vienna it was believed that a union of the moltitude Italian states born from the dissolution of the Kingdom of Italy was necessary to face in a more calm atmosphere the numerous internal concerns.
The status quo was lasting from more than 15 years, but then things changed, and His Holyness was having a mandate over Italy, or at least a part of it.
It was the proof that "the ways used by our Lord are infinite", thought Pius XI, while sitting in his office. He was thinking about what happened. In 1860 the Papacy was stripped of Umbria and Marche (zones of Perugia and Ancona, ndr) for the proclamation of the kingdom of Italy, with the ruthless and unfaithful atheist of Camillo Benso Cavour. Then, in 1870 even Rome was lost to this state that was against the Christianity. Then the "cold war", with episodes like the "non expedit".
It was a difficult time for the Church: stripped of their rightfully owned territories from millenniums, forced to face the expansion of this new atheist vision of the world that is socialism.
"Even Jesus himself was tempted, by the devil, in the desert. We can't think that we are safe from difficult trials, or we would commit blasphemy by considering us superior than Jesus". This made him feeling immediately more confortable.
Then the first Weltkrieg... how was defined by his predecessor (Benedictus XV, ndr)? Oh, the "suicide of civil Europe" and the "useless bloodbath".
But it would be a lie not thinking that, in the end, this was helping... The last great Catholic power, Austria-Hungary, showed its force against the invaders sent by Turin decades ago, and despite the division of Italy was seen as a humiliation, it was a necessary step for reviving the great scheme of God, designed by Vincenzo Gioberti in 1848.
In a time of tribolation and darkness, the Italians discovered again to be Catholic, and decided to rely on the love of our almighty Father. This led the governants to swear fidelty on us, and to rely more and more on us.
Even the birth of a new Satanist state, the Commune of France, helped us in this way: for the need of security, they asked us for union.
Davide fought Golia, but the Jews could never get their land without fighting toghether instead of fighting each other, and we must follow the examples provided in the Bible.
And so, the scheme of His Holyness as the head of Italy is half complete. And this gives us new challenges.
"His Holyness, how can this conciliate with the message of love and peace that Christ taught us multiple times?", asked Cardinal Dalla Costa, who was coming and heard.
Pius XI had the habit of thinking too loud. He answered "My dear son, the ancient Romans would answer you 'Pax Christi in regno Christi consequenda est; sed, si vis pacem, para bellum'. Pax Christi in regno Christi..."
Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa
So guys, this was merely the interlude.
Welcome to my new project of an AAR. As you will have seen by the title, I will pick the Italian Federation, as I saw that there was only an AAR of a lot of time ago about this nation.
In this AAR, I will adopt a different style from the old one. I will no more use a book style, but I will use a style typical of the ancient Rome: the history of the nation, year per year. An example is the "Annales Maximi".
I want to recreate a sense of nostalgy for a great past, opposed to a dark present and a refuge from it.
As usual, I will try to update week per week, or when I end a month/three months/six months/year (I will decide).
In the next update I will discuss what is the situation by 1936: army, air force, navy. And I will expecially define my objectives.
Well, one is obvious, but I do not want to stick only on it. But I will not start the actual game without clarifying and defining them: it maybe was a mistake in the last game.
So, rendez - vous for tomorrow
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