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Not sure WWII neutrality is all that heroic. I guess it probably makes sense, with fascism looming on every border after the Anschluss and fall of the French Th
by acjohnson55 13y ago
Not sure WWII neutrality is all that heroic. I guess it probably makes sense, with fascism looming on every border after the Anschluss and fall of the French Third Republic. But still, not what comes to mind when I think "heroism".
This entry is pretty interesting to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland_during_the_World_Wars#World_War_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland_during_the_World_Wa...
- jotm 13y agoIt was pretty heroic for the country, though... It's easy to enter a war, it's very hard to stay out of one when you're in the middle of the war zone (they also profited from it).
- lostlogin 13y agoTheir banks heroically resisted back giving looted nazi money for 50+ years.
- mcv 13y agoNot fighting is more heroic than fighting for the nazis. With all the surrounding countries on the Axis side, I don't think they had any other options.