Posted by wisbaker on January 16, 2013 at 04:01:10 from (206.72.42.249):
In Reply to: Question for WWII buffs posted by Fritz Maurer on January 15, 2013 at 19:54:04:
The Swiss had a very elaborate defensive plan that included destroying most of the industrial capacity of the country, blowing up railroad bridges and tunnels ending rail traffic through the Alps and retreating to the Mountains where the Nazis would spend years trying to drive them out. Basically the risks where greater than any possible gain. When the war was going well for the Nazis The Swiss made it so they had more to loose by invasion, by the time the war turned the Nazis had a lot more pressing issues (holding what they all ready conquered) than taking Switzerland. Swiss actions during WWII should be studied as a model on how to avert participation in War.
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