Switzerland and the Nazis, why

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was Switzerland not invaded? I mean, ze Germans invaded most of Europe, so why did they leave little Switzerland alone?

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Sheets Tabuer said:

They were neutral

But since when has been neutral stopped a Panzer? I think Poland would have been neutral too if it had the chance. The USA was neutral too, until it was attacked.

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Eric Mc said:

There isn't a single example of one Irishman joining the Wermacht or the Luftwaffe.

That just leaves the Waffen SS then !

http://www.csn.ul.ie/~dan/war/ssvols.htm

I understand the Irish government sympathised with the Allied cause, but felt unable to join in as it might have led to more civil war in Eire.

This did lead to far more Allied losses, particularly in the Merchant Navy as convoys were denied Irish ports.

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Irish volunteers in WWII won four Victoria Crosses, worth bearing in mind.

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Eric Mc said:

The Swiss operated Messerschmitt Bf-109Es.

The Swedish Air Force (as is still the case) was mainly equipped with home grown designs.

IIRC, the Swiss got the 109's from the Germans in exchange for agreeing to destroy some secret equipment on a Bf110 that had crashed on their land.

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anonymous said:

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FFS, an Englishman discovered the potato in the first place, but we never said you had to base your entire diet on them.