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To: Spktyr

Yeah...

In fact, the Swiss keep fully-automatic assault rifles at home.
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Dang, aside from shooting at their women and children, they should have spent some time shooting at the Germans.


19 posted on 09/20/2006 12:02:51 PM PDT by MadeInAmerica (- If ILLEGAL means Undocumented - Then Breaking and Entering means Unannounced Visit)
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To: MadeInAmerica
Dang, aside from shooting at their women and children, they should have spent some time shooting at the Germans.

So Switzerland should have invaded Germany?

23 posted on 09/20/2006 12:11:48 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Dems - Your conduct is an invitation to the enemy, yet few of you have heart enough to join them.)
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To: MadeInAmerica

Thing is, their armed forces are too small to be effective as an offensive force; their doctrine, training, and equipment is oriented towards defensive warfare only. Their idea has been to make Switzerland as unappetizing a target as possible.

During WW2, Hitler considered invading Switzerland but stopped when he got the loss estimates back. Germany could have successfully invaded Switzerland, but only with extreme losses and for little to no gain; the Swiss terrain is perfect ambush country, and land access is restricted to some few mountain passes that are easily guarded. The half-million man (including 15,000 women) army the Swiss mobilized after he invaded Belgium made it even more unappealing. He decided to move on to other targets instead.


25 posted on 09/20/2006 12:12:50 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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