Current location - Loan Platform Complete Network - Loan intermediary - Why didn't Switzerland get involved in World War II?
Why didn't Switzerland get involved in World War II?
During World War I and World War II, many countries in Europe, Asia and Africa were involved in the war, but Switzerland was only a country with 465,438+0,284 square kilometers. Neither World War I nor World War II was involved in any international or local wars, but Switzerland's neighbors France, Germany, Italy and Austria were very busy. How can we avoid war?

1. Neutral stance: When Germany captured Poland in World War II, Switzerland reiterated its position of being a neutral country forever, but Hitler didn't take it seriously (fought many neutral countries, such as Greece, Denmark and Belgium) and ordered his general Loeb to draw up a plan to capture Switzerland, but the plan was shelved due to the follow-up cooperation between the two sides.

2. Resource supply and policy: During World War II, Switzerland lent Germany 65.438+0.5 billion Swiss francs to provide Germany with precision devices and power supplies, so it can also make a small profit! Switzerland also refused to help 654.38 million Jewish refugees, expelled them and escorted them to Germany to avoid the introduction of war.

1April 3, 995 Swiss foreign minister Huang Fengying apologized for his performance in World War II for the first time on behalf of the government. "It is difficult for a world surrounded by Nazis and fascists to survive, but this should not make us forgive ourselves for our serious loss of position and weakness at that time-I think we can't forgive our policy towards persecuted Jews in particular.

Neutral Switzerland, an arsenal that produced ordnance for European troops during World War II.

3. Pre-buried mines: During the Munich crisis, roads, bridges and tunnels on the Swiss border were pre-buried, and a large number of mines were buried in the important supply tunnels between Germany and Italy, Saint Gotha and Xinjinlong Tunnel. As soon as the war started, Switzerland blew up the tunnel, which Germany didn't want to see and was Switzerland's card.

4. Swiss Bank: During the wartime, 90% of Nazi Germany's gold transactions were conducted through Swiss banks, and part of the property plundered by the Nazis was also deposited in Swiss banks. To make matters worse, Swiss banks also embezzled Jewish property as loans to Germany.

Swiss bank underground vault

5. All the people are soldiers:1healthy men aged 8-42 must serve in the army for three weeks every two years, and service personnel can also choose to serve once. This country may not want to. Moreover, after the British and American troops fought in France and landing operation in north africa, Germany fell into the predicament of multi-line operations, and Hitler gave up the invasion of Switzerland after weighing.