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Swiss neutrality in World War II
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    Posted: 23-Aug-2011 at 13:44

Out of all the countries Hitler invaded during World War II, why was Switzerland never invaded?
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It was due to a combination of factors:
-Switzerland is mountainous terrain with no real strategic advantages for Germany
-The Swiss had a huge, well prepared and well disciplined reserve army with a lethal reputation
-Germany benefited from Swiss nuetrality (banking, finance)
 
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Partly because Switzerland was neutral, partly because it had few strategic advantages, and partly because the majority of civilians own guns
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