WI Switzerland declared war on Nazi Germany...

didnt switzerland got bombed occasionally by the allies?

you dont just join up with someone who dropped bombs on you. ... well, except if you're italy.

Actually I think it could be a possible way, that the USA bullies Switzerland in declaring war against Germany. Some say the "accidental" bombings were used to put pressure on the Swiss, to prefend them from becoming a neutral haven for Nazis and their money. Maybe the USA has a badder attidute and thinks the planned UNO makes tradional neutrality irrelevant or even immoral. So they force Switzerland to a declaration of war against Germany.
 
that could lead to some really interesting battles in 1944 and 1945 considering the swiss bought a lot of gear from the germans

swiss me-109's versus german me-109s

swiss hetzer tank destroyers versus german hetzer tank destroyers
 
Assuming they'd ever do this. It would be around the same time as Turkey declared war on Germany. :rolleyes:

Also the Swiss wouldnt fight unless the Germans attacked first which by 1945, would be pretty damned unlikely...
 
didnt switzerland got bombed occasionally by the allies?

you dont just join up with someone who dropped bombs on you. ... well, except if you're italy.

The Swiss accepted they were accidents, indeed those on the receiving end forgave the Americans after it happened. There certainly does not seem to have been any bitterness.
 
I am not so sure Belgium and Luxemburg actualy had "occupation zones". Besides that, the Netherlands didn't really have an occupation zone either. They just wanted to annex part of Germany. They got a couple of small parts, which were annexed and later (mostly) returned to Germany in the 1960's.

Not really an occupation zone.
Its a zone that they are occupying and administering. Hence, occupation zone.

Luxembourg's occupation zone was maybe a third of the French zone they turned over to Luxembourg but was still nominally part of the French zone for the sake of French pride. In practice though it counts.
 
Belgium and The Netherlands were each responsible for a sector within the British occupation zone. The Luxembourgers provided a few soldiers to the Belgians.

Lexembourg with one-third of the French zone ? That would be totally ASB, have you already looked at Luxembourg on a map ?
 
Switzerland isn't going to throw away a few hundred years of neutrality and the advanatges and prosperity of being a safe haven for investment and other things that neutrality brings
 
Belgium and The Netherlands were each responsible for a sector within the British occupation zone. The Luxembourgers provided a few soldiers to the Belgians.

Lexembourg with one-third of the French zone ? That would be totally ASB, have you already looked at Luxembourg on a map ?
Whoops, i meant it was 1/3rd (or maybe 1/2) the size of Luxembourg. Dont know why i typed it out like that.
 
The Luftwaffe had a nasty shock, IIRC...

...Goering decided to show the Swiss Air Force who was boss, but the Luftwaffe Bf 109s were defeated in the air by the Swiss Bf 109s. It took diplomatic (!) threats of bombing raids, etc., to make the Swiss government permit Luftwaffe overflights.

Here's a quote from the Swiss Air Force website at http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/en/home/themen/history/krieg.htm :l

The resolute fighting spirit of the Swiss pilots and gun crews, who saw the fiercest action at the beginning of June [1940 - corditeman], was to become the impressive symbol of Switzerland's spirit of resistance. They shot down several aircraft of Göring's Luftwaffe in aerial combat, albeit at the cost of three airmen's lives. On June 20, effective until the end of October, 1943, the Swiss Supreme Commander, General Henri Guisan issued a ban on air combat activity above Swiss territory, for political reasons. In September 1944 a fatality occurred when a Swiss aircraft was shot down by a US crew.

So there you are - the Swiss have a creditable wartime record (waves Swiss flag enthusiastically).

I suspect that the Swiss would have been gradually overwhelmed by German attacks, a bit like the Dutch Air Force in 1940.
 
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