{"id":61716,"date":"2020-11-25T04:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=61716"},"modified":"2020-11-24T15:05:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T20:05:09","slug":"switzerland-neutral-or-nazi-ally-ww2-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/11\/25\/switzerland-neutral-or-nazi-ally-ww2-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland: Neutral or Nazi Ally? &#8211; WW2 Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L74VSK4-5e0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 24 Nov 2020<\/p>\n<p>After the fall of France in June 1940, neutral Switzerland found itself surrounded on all sides by a hostile expansionist power. The small nation would have been a valuable possession but the jaws of the Reich hesitated to swallow it. How did Switzerland manage to exit the conflict intact and largely unscathed?<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nBetween 2 Wars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSource list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nWritten by: Lennart Visser &#038; Francis van Berkel,<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Maria Kyhle<br \/>\nPost-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns<br \/>\nResearch by: Lennart Visser<br \/>\nEdited by: Karolina Do\u0142\u0119ga<br \/>\nSound design: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nMap animations: Eastory (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/eastory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/eastory<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Colorizations by:<br \/>\nAdrien Fillon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fadrien.colorisation&#038;event=video_description&#038;v=L74VSK4-5e0&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqazRUel90d05ZbXotU3JhSno3UktDVjR3WW95Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttWEtaWmg5MnBkWFFFcnlUTWlocXRqc1VzZDRONUNObDlQWWRwSXdwWVA2YWp4aWNtTlp5VWNKRUdUaEVGMGFqbGxBVnJMc1ZxV2JyU1VwZ3R6akp3ak9wUVkzTHBqeU1nb29pd1Z0TjEyRXVzajRlSQ%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adrien.colo&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nCassowary Colorizations<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n&#8211; Pictures of Swiss Army by Str\u00fcbin Theodor courtesy of Arch\u00e4ologie und Museum Baselland Lizenzbedingungen<br \/>\n&#8211; Bundesarchiv<br \/>\n&#8211; Imperial War Museums: HU56131<br \/>\n&#8211; ETH-Bibliothek Z\u00fcrich: 03258, LBS MH05-02-04, M01-0756-0001<br \/>\n&#8211; Fortepan:3889, 92301<br \/>\n&#8211; National Archives<br \/>\n&#8211; Staatsarchiv Bern &#8211; P362<br \/>\n&#8211; Plan of the defence lines of the National Redoubt courtesy of Auge=mit from Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n&#8211; Picture of Swiss Soldiers with anti-aircraft gun courtesy of Paebi from Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n&#8211; Picture of Swiss aircraft in 1943 from theM.Pilloud &#8211; Archive familiale<br \/>\n&#8211; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Other Sides of Glory&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Moving to Disturbia&#8221; &#8211; Experia<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Remembrance&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<\/p>\n<p>Archive by Screenocean\/Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\n1 hour ago<br \/>\nAs we draw close to the end of 1941, it becomes clear that neutrality is not a guarantee of safety. Its utility as a diplomatic strategy has been discarded and is non-existent. <\/p>\n<p>A total of 12 sovereign and neutral nations have been invaded by Allied or Axis powers since the beginning of the war &mdash; Denmark and Norway on 9 April 1940; Belgium, the Netherlands, Iceland and Luxembourg on 10 May 1940; Lithuania on 15 June 1940 and Latvia and Estonia on 17 June; Greece on 28 October 1940 and Yugoslavia in April 1941; Iran in August 1941. Even those that are spared are compelled to assist either the Allies or the Axis or both in financial and economic terms, such as Switzerland and Sweden. Others offer voluntary military assistance such as Portugal and Spain. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020-11-25-Switzerland-Neutral-or-Nazi-Ally-\u2013-WW2-Special.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020-11-25-Switzerland-Neutral-or-Nazi-Ally-\u2013-WW2-Special-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-61718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020-11-25-Switzerland-Neutral-or-Nazi-Ally-\u2013-WW2-Special-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020-11-25-Switzerland-Neutral-or-Nazi-Ally-\u2013-WW2-Special-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020-11-25-Switzerland-Neutral-or-Nazi-Ally-\u2013-WW2-Special-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screenshot_2020-11-25-Switzerland-Neutral-or-Nazi-Ally-\u2013-WW2-Special.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 24 Nov 2020 After the fall of France in June 1940, neutral Switzerland found itself surrounded on all sides by a hostile expansionist power. The small nation would have been a valuable possession but the jaws of the Reich hesitated to swallow it. 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