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I agree. Not a single country can arm and train 95% of population as every country has children, elderly and women. Not even Switzerland. You simply can't arm 95% of population. No country has even resources to train and arm that many people. Not even North Korea. LOL
And yes, all able bodied Dutch, Belgians, French and British were armed as they were drafted into their armies. What was your point again?
Few hundred sorties by Luftwaffe plus a blockade and the Swiss would quickly change their mind.
It's just 4 million people, in 1939 Berlin had more people that the entire Switzerland. LOL
And how many of those nations had 95% of the population armed, trained and ready to fight?
Not a single one...
Plus do you really think they would send army after army into Switzerland? No then would have figured out that it was not worth the loss of men and left as all occupying armies do.
You really don't know what you're talking about.
The Germans didn't need to send one army after another into Switzerland. The first army they would've sent would've swept that place clean.
The Wehrmacht might be the greatest military outfit of all time. Their tactics were light years ahead of the rest of the world. They were led by the best generals in the history of modern warfare.
The Luftwaffe would've softened up the Swiss into marshmallows.
To boot, many Swiss citizens were Nazi sympathizers.
Please, stop trying to apply NRA nonsense to actual warfare.
Do you think that Swiss civilians were better trained than Wehrmacht now? LOL
Better trained? No.
Better armed with ranged weapons...I mean they are home to some of the best marksmen on Earth and make some of the best small arms in the work then and now..
The Germans didn't need to send one army after another into Switzerland. The first army they would've sent would've swept that place clean.
The Wehrmacht might be the greatest military outfit of all time. Their tactics were light years ahead of the rest of the world. They were led by the best generals in the history of modern warfare.
The Luftwaffe would've softened up the Swiss into marshmallows.
To boot, many Swiss citizens were Nazi sympathizers.
Please, stop trying to apply NRA nonsense to actual warfare.
You were already told why. Swiss neutrality allowed the Germans a place to do their banking and stash their war loot...including confiscated Jewish property.
'They not do it' because there was no gain in doing so. Hitler didn't need Switzerland at the moment, so why waste the energy. Bigger countries to take overs; ones that are a threat Germany.
Better armed with ranged weapons...I mean they are home to some of the best marksmen on Earth and make some of the best small arms in the work then and now..
Better armed? Could these small arms pierce tank armor or take down air planes? Because if that is the case, then that's why Hitler didn't invade Switzerland (and that he didn't need to, which is the actual reason why), but since that's clearly not the case, the point is not helpful to your cause.
The Germans were too busy fighting the Soviets and had no reason to invade a country that was completed surrounded as Switzerland was... That's why.
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