Bratwurst Boy
18 Apr 2010
News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]
Why overlooked?
You claimed that the Swiss was so feared by the Axis that they didn't dare to invade the tiny country because every able Swiss man got a rifle....
Fact is that the german machine would had overrun the Swiss like any other country if they had wanted to.
But they could sell unique advantages and possibilities to both, Axis and Allies, which secured them their neutrality and their peace...and that weren't the rifles!
Switzerland was surrounded by territory controlled by the Axis Powers from 1940 to 1944.
Why overlooked?
You claimed that the Swiss was so feared by the Axis that they didn't dare to invade the tiny country because every able Swiss man got a rifle....
Fact is that the german machine would had overrun the Swiss like any other country if they had wanted to.
But they could sell unique advantages and possibilities to both, Axis and Allies, which secured them their neutrality and their peace...and that weren't the rifles!