Why was Switzerland Neutral in World War 2

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  • @Knowledgia
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  • @HoundofOdin
    @HoundofOdin Před 3 lety +714

    Switzerland's neutrality is kind of like a guy with a bomb strapped to his chest telling everyone he just wants to be left alone.

    • @regiltube7932
      @regiltube7932 Před 3 lety +34

      LMAO thats hillarious

    • @grtwhtbnr
      @grtwhtbnr Před 3 lety +37

      ... my God man... thats the BEST description of it I've ever heard

    • @cestalia
      @cestalia Před 3 lety +28

      Considering how they have explosion around the border, that's pretty accurate

    • @panuwatbuthorntaraj2909
      @panuwatbuthorntaraj2909 Před 3 lety +2

      I think Switzerland people say like "I don't use military power to gain benefit from war" look how strong country like France, German and Italy. They are G7 member

    • @paleone8725
      @paleone8725 Před 3 lety +2

      Relatable

  • @simulify8726
    @simulify8726 Před 3 lety +711

    WW3: *Starts*
    Switzerland: "I am gonna pretend that I didn't see anything"

    • @roxylius7550
      @roxylius7550 Před 3 lety +10

      Well ww3 would mean random stray nuke dropping into their cities. Doesn't matter what they think about the war

    • @kevinboros7427
      @kevinboros7427 Před 3 lety +6

      "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that".

    • @businesshorse16yearsago19
      @businesshorse16yearsago19 Před 3 lety +2

      @@roxylius7550 you know almost all switzerland houses are protect from nuclear?if you don't beleive me you can watch "bright side"...(bad grammer)

    • @MrLense
      @MrLense Před 3 lety +4

      @@roxylius7550 Every Swiss house has a bunker. There are bunkers literally built into the mountains and with the prepper culture over there I'm sure they can weather a nuclear strike.

    • @roxylius7550
      @roxylius7550 Před 3 lety +1

      @@MrLense and has food and water rations for years?

  • @Toix
    @Toix Před 3 lety +348

    "Why was Switzerland neutral in WW2" well it's very simple, all you have to do is look at it's neighbors.

    • @Alexander79080
      @Alexander79080 Před 3 lety +22

      They also did some financial stuff for Germany, so did Liechtenstein so they were spared

    • @kevinboros7427
      @kevinboros7427 Před 3 lety +37

      Its*, also, they had a beneficial trading relation, what the video said is true. Germany wouldn't get any benefit from wasting time attritioning troops in the Alps, so why not keep the status quo?They knew the Swiss wouldn't join the allies so they were never threatened by them. The best option was to leave them alone, and so they did.

    • @Bubba___
      @Bubba___ Před 3 lety +3

      Kevin Boros he used the *right* it’s. It’s means it is. He said “well it’s very simple.”

    • @dnatal09
      @dnatal09 Před 3 lety

      Agree

    • @broman2084
      @broman2084 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Bubba___ the second one, "look at it's neighbors" should be its

  • @UrbanSexyMan
    @UrbanSexyMan Před 3 lety +241

    actual video starts @1:45, you're welcome

    • @fieldmarshalbaltimore1329
      @fieldmarshalbaltimore1329 Před 3 lety +24

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    • @krishnadevi6465
      @krishnadevi6465 Před 3 lety +6

      Thanks

    • @cr0ptix888
      @cr0ptix888 Před 3 lety +2

      Thanks

    • @nerdiloo9863
      @nerdiloo9863 Před 3 lety +3

      Thanks - I think YT university teaches them to ramble on for close to 2 min.

  • @Joseisjose280
    @Joseisjose280 Před 3 lety +533

    The entire country is a fortress

    • @bjames9101
      @bjames9101 Před 3 lety +22

      Nazi bank for stolen goods.

    • @feh7854
      @feh7854 Před 3 lety +10

      Home of NWO

    • @UFCMania155
      @UFCMania155 Před 3 lety +6

      That honestly wouldnt've mattered. The Germans in ww2 were the strongest superpower in the world and could've easily invaded with paratroopers and Stukas

    • @Unknown-ht5re
      @Unknown-ht5re Před 3 lety +15

      @@UFCMania155 but it wasn’t worth it, they could have but it would make no strategic sense.

    • @UFCMania155
      @UFCMania155 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Unknown-ht5re if they wanted all that money that Switzerland had, it would've made sense...but strategically, no

  • @jonaramire
    @jonaramire Před 3 lety +193

    As a Swiss, I'm happy that people talk about us

    • @jasondyrkacz8270
      @jasondyrkacz8270 Před 3 lety +15

      I nominate to rename Switzerland to "Neutral European Chocolatey Canada". Or NECC.
      I promise that I'm jesting.

    • @shangtsung7358
      @shangtsung7358 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeay

    • @WWEmAnIaAc
      @WWEmAnIaAc Před 2 lety +1

      You should be!!! Your country is an example that many countries should follow!!! Also with, good history, great landscape and many lovely places to visit!!!

    • @firexe2698
      @firexe2698 Před rokem +1

      @@jasondyrkacz8270 i got hungry when i saw chocolate

    • @skip485
      @skip485 Před rokem +1

      Well not a lot of us have good things to say about you guys

  • @metsdudenj
    @metsdudenj Před 3 lety +141

    My parents grew up there in the war and Switzerland was armed to the teeth. Tank traps, barriers, bombs, grenades, and guns for every citizen. It would have been tough to subjugate the country, plus my dad always said if they invaded, that Switzerland would blow up all the train tunnels in the Alps, thus cutting Italy and Germany off from each others. Switzerland made tons of money from the war and there were many sympathizers there , but they were not very vocal about it. Germany hit a lot of money there and the banking system definitely profited from it

    • @zhdkcast
      @zhdkcast Před rokem +2

      There's more to it then just a well equipped military. A swiss director, Laurent Nègre just presented his new movie "A Forgotten Man" at the Zurich Film Festival. Situated in a zurich bunker from 1941 we made an interview with the director on the ambivalent role of Switzerland in WW2. 👉 czcams.com/video/CAqUR8vZ7xg/video.html

    • @prog3450
      @prog3450 Před rokem

      Bro forgot abt Austria

  • @Retaliatixn
    @Retaliatixn Před 3 lety +280

    "Invade us, and we will retaliate."
    *Switzerland | 1939-1945.*

  • @nmm0343
    @nmm0343 Před 3 lety +100

    The Swiss had to defend Roger Federer’s Ancestors at all costs

  • @someone1787
    @someone1787 Před 3 lety +213

    ww1: world burns
    ww2: world burns
    ww3: world turn into a nuclear land
    switzerland: well, colonization time

    • @Ketafilth
      @Ketafilth Před 3 lety +3

      imagine lmfao

    • @kiyru
      @kiyru Před 3 lety +2

      San Marino:My Turn

    • @jamesgiles4517
      @jamesgiles4517 Před 2 lety

      XD

    • @290198Nicholas
      @290198Nicholas Před 2 lety +1

      imagine post apocalypse situation like in film, swiss become remind country surrounded by nuclear waste land border

    • @ashookamanuela1901
      @ashookamanuela1901 Před 2 lety +1

      fun fact switzerland actually has enough bomb shelters for the whole population to survive nuclear war

  • @SaboPlat
    @SaboPlat Před 3 lety +88

    Yeah!!! Its no longer private anymore!

  • @kurakuson
    @kurakuson Před 3 lety +111

    When I hear the name Switzerland, I think of Banks or secret bank accounts for the really well-to-do.

    • @regiltube7932
      @regiltube7932 Před 3 lety +6

      when i hear Switzerland i think of Creamy Milk with Cows eating grass on the Field

    • @bjames9101
      @bjames9101 Před 3 lety

      You mean Naziis?

    • @angryman9333
      @angryman9333 Před 3 lety +2

      @@bjames9101 Zionists

    • @notu13man63
      @notu13man63 Před 3 lety

      I think of chocolate and mountains when I hear the Neutral Nation's name.

    • @borivojetravica569
      @borivojetravica569 Před 3 lety

      Zionists, Nazyst what a difrents?

  • @amyhogarten5038
    @amyhogarten5038 Před 3 lety +85

    Topography. Switzerland is an extremely mountainous area, which is favorable to a defender and has large arms depots in the Alps that could let the Swiss Army fight an invader until they bleed red.
    Bottom line: invading Switzerland is not worth it.

    • @redberries8039
      @redberries8039 Před 3 lety +3

      @@xx-jp7li the main reason was banking (not a conspiracy theory). The Bank for International Settlements (BIS (the Bank of banks)) is in Switzerland and the BIS decided to remain non-ideologically aligned in order to keep the flow of cash moving (although they tended to favour the Nazis, which was understandable given the geography and early Nazi victories). The Germans needed the services of the BIS (ie to move around cash to pay for resources ..and to stash looted gold for after the war) and so allowed this status to persist.

    • @Jay-qb9gi
      @Jay-qb9gi Před 3 lety

      Switzerland is top 5 in geographically safest country. It’s number 2

    • @redberries8039
      @redberries8039 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Jay-qb9gi This list placing it at 9 makes more sense to me.
      No way is it harder to invade than the UK, USA or Russia (or the others on the list)

    • @Jay-qb9gi
      @Jay-qb9gi Před 3 lety +1

      @@redberries8039 yeah maybe 9, but for sure number 1 is the US. It’s statistically and physically impossible to even cross the ocean without getting severely destroyed.

    • @redberries8039
      @redberries8039 Před 3 lety

      @@Jay-qb9gi Agreed. The US is 1. Add in the fact that it's energy and food independent also.

  • @blackrifletv
    @blackrifletv Před 3 lety +157

    Good Video

    • @ladofthedamned7796
      @ladofthedamned7796 Před 3 lety +11

      Video came out only 3 seconds calm down

    • @aviz8590
      @aviz8590 Před 3 lety +3

      Hey look he’s got that check thingy we should like his comment

    • @denisoko8494
      @denisoko8494 Před 3 lety +2

      A questionable video, i.e. creators didn't know that Germany didn't occupy France fully during WWII 7:33 , so a lot of other statements in video may be questionable.

    • @aviz8590
      @aviz8590 Před 3 lety +2

      @@denisoko8494 well Vichy was a puppet

  • @gamerplaypal4509
    @gamerplaypal4509 Před 3 lety +80

    Alternative Title: Knowledgia saying that Switzerland is eating popcorn while watching WW2 unfold in its front and backyard

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety

      Wrong - they were selling Pop Corn to the highest bidder - "de-facto", and "Pro-forma", and "kind of" on a totally neutral and strictly "fiduciary" basis.

    • @islandlife6591
      @islandlife6591 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bertsole7278 False, they did not even have enough popcorn to eat for themselves

  • @gamingdarkalan2141
    @gamingdarkalan2141 Před 3 lety +9

    Swirzerland after WW2:I can't wait till WW3 movie come's out

  • @monmonblanco
    @monmonblanco Před 3 lety +55

    Swiss chocolate, particularly Toblerone, is the first thing in my mind whenever I hear Switzerland.
    Followed by Red Cross, then billionaires (secret bank accounts) and capitalists (in Davos), then NEUTRALITY, and finally Chocolates again.

    • @jamaly77
      @jamaly77 Před 3 lety +1

      Toblerone is mostly for tourists and I'd describe it as average quality Swiss chocolate.

    • @jonaramire
      @jonaramire Před 3 lety

      We make watches too. Our beautiful mountains, lakes and cows too :)

    • @jhasimmacalimpao1036
      @jhasimmacalimpao1036 Před 3 lety

      And Yodelling too.

    • @maxmantycora5132
      @maxmantycora5132 Před 2 lety +1

      You forgot the first thing I see in front of me : A Swiss knife !

    • @BlessedWithLuck
      @BlessedWithLuck Před 2 lety

      @@maxmantycora5132 yeah exactly first thing that comes to mind is the Swiss Army Knife.

  • @KingDavid839
    @KingDavid839 Před 3 lety +1

    Very good and Informative video keep going on bro✌️✌️✌️

  • @Timberhawk
    @Timberhawk Před 3 lety +6

    Kaiser Wilhelm II: "There are 500,000 of you and you shoot well, but if I decide to move in with my army of 1,000,000 what will you do?"
    Swiss militia member: “We will shoot twice and go home."

  • @JSL-ym6nv
    @JSL-ym6nv Před 3 lety +16

    3 words: Those Damn Mountains

  • @SarvaGyani
    @SarvaGyani Před 3 lety +18

    Switzerland stayed neutral, as the people who love chocolates cannot hate others 😃🍫🍬🍭

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před 2 lety

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

  • @vadoksam9235
    @vadoksam9235 Před 2 lety +17

    Man these guys remind me of the poles. An absolutely breathtakingly stunning culture of defensive fury. They don’t take no shit from their much bigger neighbours and have their own proud culture embedded in respect worthy national pride. These two nations seem so fascinating and have cultures amazingly characteristic and strong. This is coming from a dude from glasgow. Of whom we live in the shadow of the Irish or the English. Swiss for the Swiss. Poland for the polls. Europa for the Europeans. Ave Europa brothers you are an inspiration to us all. In the face of numerous beasts you stood firm and fought like warriors.
    Ave Europa ! 🇵🇱 🇨🇭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
    Europa Invicta ! 🇵🇱 🇨🇭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @IcecreamMcGuy
      @IcecreamMcGuy Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks from Poland 🇵🇱

    • @henkschrader4513
      @henkschrader4513 Před rokem

      Difference Poland gets f*cked in every European war even when they have a decent army either Germany or Russia come up with a way to take over Poland... Poland is like the dude that always gets bullied and Switzerland is the quiet kid...😅

  • @JMM33RanMA
    @JMM33RanMA Před 3 lety +29

    How did you manage to ignore two of the reasons that invading Switzerland would be too expensive to be worthwhile?
    1. Geography: Mountainous territory is the bulk of the country, making use of armor mostly impossible. The Swiss could simply cause avalanches to bury invaders. The population was mostly, with a few exceptions, dispersed in small mountain towns and villages.
    2. Defensive preparations: The tunnels and passes were mined and the potential aggressors were advised of that. There were secret mountain fortifications for the use of resistance forces in case of invasion. All Swiss men, until recently, were required to keep weapons and ammunition in their houses. Military training was mandatory. Some of these resistance fortifications [never used] can now be visited by tourists, and there is even an interesting CZcams video about them.

    • @redberries8039
      @redberries8039 Před 3 lety +1

      The mountains are only in the South about 30% of the country?

    • @redberries8039
      @redberries8039 Před 3 lety +1

      the main reason was banking (not a conspiracy theory). The Bank for International Settlements (BIS (the Bank of banks)) is in Switzerland and the BIS decided to remain non-ideologically aligned in order to keep the flow of cash moving (although they tended to favour the Nazis, which was understandable given the geography and early Nazi victories). The Germans needed the services of the BIS (ie to move around cash to pay for resources ..and to stash looted gold for after the war) and so allowed this status to persist.

    • @JMM33RanMA
      @JMM33RanMA Před 3 lety

      @@redberries8039 Higher mountains, yes, but less rugged but still difficult terrain is in the North and East. True that the Lake Geneva, Rhine valley and Bodensee are exposed, but occupation of the majority of the country would be difficult. Modern weapons have largely neutralized some of this, but nuking a place renders it useless, so why bother. The US managed to force the Swiss to disclose dodgy banking where other countries failed. It wasn't military power or nukes but raw, overwhelming economic power that was used.

    • @redberries8039
      @redberries8039 Před 3 lety

      @@JMM33RanMA I replied ..it didnt comment (maybe due to links) Here's a shorter version
      from wiki:
      At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, the BIS Board of Directors - on which the main European central banks were represented - decided that the Bank should remain open, but that, for the duration of hostilities, no meetings of the Board of Directors were to take place and that the Bank should maintain a neutral stance in the conduct of its business. However, as the war dragged on evidence mounted that the BIS conducted operations that were helpful to the Germans. Also, throughout the war, the Allies accused the Nazis of looting and pled with the BIS not to accept gold from the Reichsbank in payment for prewar obligations linked to the Young Plan. This was to no avail as remelted gold was either confiscated from prisoners or seized in victory and thus acceptable as payment to the BIS.[9]:245-252 Operations conducted by the BIS were viewed with increasing suspicion from London and Washington. The fact that top level German industrialists and advisors sat on the BIS board seemed to provide ample evidence of how the BIS might be used by Hitler throughout the war, with the help of American, British and French banks. Between 1933 and 1945 the BIS board of directors included Walther Funk, a prominent Nazi official, and Emil Puhl responsible for processing dental gold looted from concentration camp victims, as well as Hermann Schmitz, the director of IG Farben, and Baron von Schroeder, the owner of the J.H. Stein Bank [de], all of whom were later convicted of war crimes or crimes against humanity.[10]

    • @JMM33RanMA
      @JMM33RanMA Před 3 lety

      @@redberries8039 We are miscommunicating because I was not clear, I was not referring to WW II era issues but to more recent banking secrecy cases of money laundering and concealment of money by Americans from the US tax collectors. Yes international pressure was responsible for uncovering the Nazi dealings, but I was not referring to that. The surrounding countries are now all in the EU and have more leverage than the US which has become mired in corruption and political intrigue worthy of a 3rd world autocracy and has lost respect and influence recently.

  • @frederickanderson6746
    @frederickanderson6746 Před 3 lety +72

    Why is this reuplaoded?

  • @sinistermountain6888
    @sinistermountain6888 Před 3 lety +30

    Im Swiss I would rather trade with Germany then get Attack with them

  • @braynzzthere7923
    @braynzzthere7923 Před 3 lety

    Im just gonna take a minute to thank you for making a lot of videos this week

  • @IamNotNarutoBG
    @IamNotNarutoBG Před 3 lety +5

    Germany: hi Switzerland. Switzerland: … hi

  • @DailyDoseDocumentary
    @DailyDoseDocumentary Před 3 lety +2

    Good piece.

    • @DailyDoseDocumentary
      @DailyDoseDocumentary Před 3 lety

      Even though the Swiss allowed Nazi supplies to move through their country.

  • @bamo1461
    @bamo1461 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for showing the car i'm playing it right now its good also i like ur channel

  • @generalmcterror2718
    @generalmcterror2718 Před 3 lety +8

    I mean if we're being real here with how mountainous it is it would be a terrible decision to attack Switzerland considering the whole country is basically a fort

  • @saltysheev5502
    @saltysheev5502 Před 3 lety +4

    Switzerland while not an EU member state does have some of the closest non-member relations with the EU involving trade and open borders etc. Due to it’s geographic location

  • @abcdefgh-rq3gq
    @abcdefgh-rq3gq Před 3 lety +9

    For may the first this that comes to mind when they hear Switzerland is chocolate and watches. 😋

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 3 lety +15

    “Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.”
    -Paulo Freire

    • @alexvlaxos6620
      @alexvlaxos6620 Před 3 lety +1

      What a bull of crap.Why should they fight?you should only fight if you are attacked.My small country fought and none ever helped them.They protect their people

    • @justinsutton5005
      @justinsutton5005 Před 3 lety

      @@alexvlaxos6620 what country?

    • @amyhogarten5038
      @amyhogarten5038 Před 3 lety

      If everyone jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?

    • @alexvlaxos6620
      @alexvlaxos6620 Před 3 lety +1

      @@justinsutton5005 i'm from Greece my friend!
      In ww2 Greeks were defeating Italians and albanians but then the germans came and famine was immense.

    • @justinsutton5005
      @justinsutton5005 Před 3 lety +1

      @@alexvlaxos6620 Yeah the greeks held their own.

  • @markfiedler9415
    @markfiedler9415 Před 3 lety +81

    Switzerland: The most True-Neutral country to ever exist

    • @Simon-nx1sc
      @Simon-nx1sc Před 3 lety +2

      Belgium was equally neutral, but just had 'an inferiour' army

    • @kiyru
      @kiyru Před 3 lety

      San Marino: :/

    • @kaiserlich23
      @kaiserlich23 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Simon-nx1sc Belgium is a true neutral country, I’d agree. Too bad that the geographic location sucks. In both World War’s they got run over by the Germans.

  • @kevinplayz7965
    @kevinplayz7965 Před 3 lety +9

    Sweden : *exist*
    we're gonna pretend we didn't see that

  • @Samuraid77
    @Samuraid77 Před 3 lety

    Long story short the country is a valley with mountains on both sides that you'll lose half your army trying to cross, so you can only enter through the north or south and be funneled into a low valley while they've got fake barns and houses at the higher altitudes on both sides looking down into the vally that are actually artillery emplacements, MG nests, and hidden tanks.
    Basically the movie 300, you can take them eventually with numbers but will use up half your men and resources trying to funnel them through the opening to do it and then you'll have no one left to conquer anything else so all you'll have gotten for your efforts is a beatuiful valley and some mountains.

  • @auxiliaryplays4804
    @auxiliaryplays4804 Před 3 lety

    Nice video

  • @LurkerAnonymous
    @LurkerAnonymous Před 3 lety +8

    Because mountain fortress filled with gold where everyone is military trained and armed.

    • @notahamster333
      @notahamster333 Před 3 lety

      Kind of like Tolkien's dwarves in the mountains?

    • @LurkerAnonymous
      @LurkerAnonymous Před 3 lety +1

      @@notahamster333 Nah. Switzerland didn't get raped by dragons.

  • @redberries8039
    @redberries8039 Před 3 lety +4

    the main reason was banking (not a conspiracy theory). The Bank for International Settlements (BIS (the Bank of banks)) is in Switzerland and the BIS decided to remain non-ideologically aligned in order to keep the flow of cash moving (although they tended to favour the Nazis, which was understandable given the geography and early Nazi victories). The Germans needed the services of the BIS (ie to move around cash to pay for resources ..and to stash looted gold for after the war) and so allowed this status to persist.

  • @abalamdepaimon6891
    @abalamdepaimon6891 Před 3 lety +4

    pretty impressive that a country of mostly farmers 700 years ago decided to not take it anymore. And look at that, today it's one of the only countries in europe that didn't engage in offensive warfare and didn't get invaded for many centuries, weird ?! Surrounded by empires and forces that stood the test of time, roman empire on the south, french to the west, powerful austria/hungary east and holy roman empire at north.
    You can make fun of Switzerland all you want, but for a country that didn't even have 1mio pop at 1900, and 6mio at 1960 to roughly 8mio in 2021, that's some hefty achievements.

  • @NathanS__
    @NathanS__ Před 3 lety +13

    What's the source for Moltke deciding not to invade Switzerland in favor for Belgium?
    In all my years of (amateur) study on WWI, I have never heard of the Schlieffen plan going anywhere near Switzerland.
    The invasion of Belgium was decided decades before by Schlieffen because Belgium and The Netherlands sit on the flat European plain as well as being the direct road to Paris.
    There's not a single benefit in going through Switzerland and it was never an option for Imperial Germany.

    • @henkschrader4513
      @henkschrader4513 Před rokem

      True... maybe he confuses it with the German plans in WW2 to invade the swiss and if the Italians didn't drag Germany in their own quest in europe, mostly because they hid enemies of the state
      So Switzerland had just luck and lick the ass of Germany just enough

  • @johanlebacq6683
    @johanlebacq6683 Před 3 lety +9

    belgium wanted to be as neutral as switzerland during both ww1 and ww2
    But germany didnt like that very much

    • @conors4430
      @conors4430 Před 3 lety +2

      True but it was a completely different situation because two world wars proved that the easiest way to get into France was to go through Belgium and you fight a war based on areas you can win, you don’t throw your selves up against 500 miles of entrenched fortifications on principal. Plus Belgium was right across the channel from England so it ticked several boxes strategically. It’s unpleasant, it was wrong, but when you’re at war it makes perfect sense

  • @CEKROM
    @CEKROM Před 3 lety +8

    4:20 I have a déjà-vu =D

  • @dewagedeputrabhagawanta6266

    USA, Britain, North Korea. China. Rusia : "we declared war"
    Switzerland : "we dont give a shit!"

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety +1

      Switzerland never gives anything. They only take.

    • @sagittariusa9012
      @sagittariusa9012 Před 3 lety

      @@bertsole7278are you really thinking that? Red-Cross only takes things?

    • @projectc.j.j3310
      @projectc.j.j3310 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sagittariusa9012 they weren’t willing to make the sacrifices other countries made. But they still cool

  • @sagittariusa9012
    @sagittariusa9012 Před 3 lety +1

    "Neutrality, it just works" - Todd Howard

  • @mohdadeeb1829
    @mohdadeeb1829 Před 3 lety +26

    Switzerland in 12th century : ( Fought like beasts, Never a lost a single battle )
    Switzerland in 20th century : ( ☹️ Please! Don't use my Airspace )

    • @sangay9361
      @sangay9361 Před 3 lety +2

      St Jakob was technically a defeat although it was a suicide mission

    • @passionenergy2203
      @passionenergy2203 Před 3 lety +1

      The premise of a "neutral" air-space relies on it being free of any interference from foreigner military actions.
      The germans threatened switzerland, when they let allied forces use their air-space.
      Following these complaints switzerland declared its air-space to be a prohited zone, where every foreign plane would be fired upon.
      All my country did was upholding that decree, no matter on whose side the offenders would be.

  • @subscribetoscp-173oritsnap5

    Switzerland is just eating popcorn while watching everyone fight each other to death

  • @nazmussakib8734
    @nazmussakib8734 Před 3 lety +8

    This country is amazing
    After watching this video I just have respect for their way of thinking and doing things

    • @projectc.j.j3310
      @projectc.j.j3310 Před 3 lety

      Well they could have helped stopped the nazis. But u know... they don’t do that

    • @nazmussakib8734
      @nazmussakib8734 Před 3 lety

      Switzerland was not that strong like super powers
      Why would they go to a suicide attack anyway
      That's stupid

    • @projectc.j.j3310
      @projectc.j.j3310 Před 3 lety

      @@nazmussakib8734 yeah it makes sense to be neutral but i still don’t respect it as much as if they made the sacrifices other countries made

    • @explicit5111
      @explicit5111 Před 3 lety +2

      @@projectc.j.j3310 Live to fight another day.

    • @frevazz3364
      @frevazz3364 Před 2 lety

      It helps to have the natural defense of the mountains surrounding the country. If they had no natural features protecting like Poland they would have been easily invaded.

  • @6thsavage
    @6thsavage Před 3 lety +5

    I lived in Switzerland for a couple years as a kid and I occasionally forget. Probably a good synopsis of that whole situation.

    • @Sh4d891
      @Sh4d891 Před 3 lety

      Pls come back ;-;

  • @SuperHorseSense
    @SuperHorseSense Před 3 lety +7

    What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety

      It takes a bit of everything. Just think, how many times have you been in trouble because you were in the middle of a dispute between two people who are both friends to you. NEUTRAL - that what the Swiss do. They sell their cheese or their weapons to you and your enemies. No problem, it is allowed. Because they are neutral.

    • @ousamadearu5960
      @ousamadearu5960 Před 2 lety

      Well losing to the Savoyards and French so badly is enough to traumatize your nation for generations to come. And being invaded by France just made that decision to keep their independence even further.

  • @frozenace3337
    @frozenace3337 Před 3 lety +4

    Switzerland: *Neutral*
    World: _What does that _*_really_*_ mean?_

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety +2

      Neutral means I do not take a position. I do not discriminate between friends and foes. In practical terms, as long as the price is right, I sell my cheese or weapons to you and your enemies. Because - that what neutrality is all about.

    • @jasondyrkacz8270
      @jasondyrkacz8270 Před 3 lety

      Switzerland: Also, don't mistake our neutrality for weakness. We have guns that we know how to aim.

  • @kuyadio436
    @kuyadio436 Před 3 lety

    0:07
    Can someone tell me what the title of this music please
    I've been looking for it for months

  • @keanudupont
    @keanudupont Před 3 lety +5

    The cantons showed in the past, you mess with the Swiss at your own peril.

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety

      That is a long time ago. In the meantime, they have the Banks who do the dirty work.

    • @jonaramire
      @jonaramire Před 3 lety

      @@bertsole7278 As a Swiss, we hate them

  • @ottoqwe
    @ottoqwe Před 3 lety +1

    Swiss:
    U rlly asking that?

  • @PaperiLiidokki
    @PaperiLiidokki Před 3 lety +3

    9:35 they very very pragmatic and smart about it

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety +1

      Shrewd, egoistic, self-centered, and always on the take.

    • @ousamadearu5960
      @ousamadearu5960 Před 2 lety

      @@bertsole7278 Well if you don't want your nation to go extinct in a matter of days to years, its best to be like that than to be a moral guardian without reason

  • @islandlife6591
    @islandlife6591 Před 3 lety +11

    Winston Churchill wrote in 1944: "Of all the neutrals Switzerland has the greatest right to distinction...She has been a democratic State, standing for freedom in self-defense among her mountains, and in thought, in spite of race, largely on our side."

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 Před 3 lety +18

    why didn't Switzerland became a part of Germany when Germany was unified.

    • @andredeketeleastutecomplex
      @andredeketeleastutecomplex Před 3 lety +15

      Because the swiss aren't germans, they merely speak the language.

    • @bydlaq
      @bydlaq Před 3 lety +7

      Because germany need a neutral/loyal vault where they can keep all that gold and stuff.

    • @Sh4d891
      @Sh4d891 Před 3 lety +9

      Because we are too different from the Germans

    • @99Ctube
      @99Ctube Před 3 lety +3

      @@andredeketeleastutecomplex Even the language is questionable. Germans usually don't understand Swiss German, unless they're rather close to the Swiss border. But then also only dialects that are close to the German border.

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety

      Lol, at least, they try hard.

  • @menukapla7022
    @menukapla7022 Před 2 lety +1

    Switzerland: "I am just chilling in the mountains from 1815"

  • @christjoecilledaruca9579
    @christjoecilledaruca9579 Před 3 lety +2

    Can you do the Philippine-American war pls

  • @Amitdas-gk2it
    @Amitdas-gk2it Před 3 lety

    TY 😊

  • @adamfrazer5150
    @adamfrazer5150 Před 3 lety

    Always a top-shelf production ! Thanks for answering a long-baffling question for many 👍🍻
    Also, the soundtrack up to the halfway point reminds me of the score for Dune (1984)

  • @SaPaFX111
    @SaPaFX111 Před 3 lety +14

    We have to see when Switzerland will be part of China from ancient times 😂

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety

      From ancient times. The way the Swiss are treating the Chines, giving them free access to Switzerland under a special agreement for military staffers and by doing so granting them free unsupervised access to the Schengen Raum without informing those countries is treason on Europe. But all, "de facto" and under strict neutrality.

  • @wmg111
    @wmg111 Před 3 lety +3

    As always, follow the money. It suited both sides in many wars to have a place that allowed secret banking. It continues to this day. They pointedly don't kill anyone, they just allow the killers to stash the loot they acquire as a result of their kills. All so very neutrally pragmatic.

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety

      How do you dare to say such a thing about neutral Switzerland? The following video will teach you something.
      www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQxhf
      open in CZcams

  • @thestageseven3096
    @thestageseven3096 Před 3 lety +1

    Imagine The war vehicles and tanks will cross the giant mountains.

  • @zaidali8408
    @zaidali8408 Před 3 lety

    Only legends know this was re-uploaded

  • @silvershadchan4085
    @silvershadchan4085 Před rokem

    @Knowledgia could you please make a video about Why was Sweden Neutral In World War 2

  • @jasonguo2141
    @jasonguo2141 Před 3 lety +1

    I always thought Switzerland is in North Europe, like northeast of Germany.
    That single cover taught me new.

    • @tatpik2
      @tatpik2 Před 3 lety

      You think of Sweden. Common misconception.

  • @muhammadfadhiil5992
    @muhammadfadhiil5992 Před 3 lety +1

    Age of Civilizations 2 : *We don't do that here*

  • @elvin2696
    @elvin2696 Před 3 lety +1

    Whenever I hear Switzerland, I think of Lindt, Toblerone, Rolex, Omega, Tissot, Tag Heuer, Breitling, Longines.

  • @esaevium654
    @esaevium654 Před 3 lety +3

    switserland is that player in among us who always vote skip and dont talk in emergency meeting

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety

      Richie, poor you. I know what you are talking about. And the only contribution to those meetings is a .......BUT.................. not more not less. In the fracking Swiss German it is ..........ABER..............
      Because they are neutral. They don't participate in baking the cake, they will however gladly share it because the participated in the project with
      an ABER.............. (BUT) AND
      I always told you it will go wrong............

  • @begoneunholydemon1776
    @begoneunholydemon1776 Před 3 lety +4

    Knowledgia:why was Switzerland always neutral
    Call of war:i'll pretend i dind',t heard switzerland was neutral 0:34

  • @RanenJ
    @RanenJ Před 3 lety

    This was great do Iran next

  • @beastdeas7250
    @beastdeas7250 Před 3 lety

    Switzerland is just preparing, the great perfection of the jawbreaker

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Před 3 lety +14

    What if Tannu Tuva WASN'T annexed by the USSR?

    • @Hmmm777
      @Hmmm777 Před 3 lety +1

      SUPREME LEADER

    • @kewltony
      @kewltony Před 3 lety

      I'm running this simulation in HOI4 right now and Axis Argentina has taken all of South America.

  • @not-a-theist8251
    @not-a-theist8251 Před 3 lety +3

    The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear switzerland is cheese. neutrality is the second one

    • @feh7854
      @feh7854 Před 3 lety

      Dig deeper. czcams.com/video/zW5gklIKcDg/video.html

  • @TheLastPope
    @TheLastPope Před 3 lety +2

    I would Love to live there in Switzerland hoping i will have dual citezenship with this country...

  • @paleone8725
    @paleone8725 Před 3 lety

    Axis/Allies: Hey what sid-
    Switzerland: Yes

  • @nothinghere200
    @nothinghere200 Před 3 lety +1

    The title : WW2
    The thumbnail : WW1

  • @edwardness7497
    @edwardness7497 Před 3 lety +4

    Switzerland were neutral but they definitely had their fingers crossed under the table with the inevitable outcome... if the Nazis had achieved victory over the Soviets, and the British, and the US... I do doubt they'd leave Switzerland alone...

  • @KotobKotob
    @KotobKotob Před 3 lety +4

    every house in switzh had a gun...that why enemy think twice to invaded it

    • @Sh4d891
      @Sh4d891 Před 3 lety

      Yes but u need to have to be in Military first before u get one

    • @KotobKotob
      @KotobKotob Před 3 lety

      @@Sh4d891 no need...just apply the gun permits accordingly

    • @frevazz3364
      @frevazz3364 Před 2 lety

      Pleaseeee, the vast mountains were the reason they were not invaded.

  • @theofficial_4534
    @theofficial_4534 Před 3 lety

    I already have that game on my phone

  • @craigwilson9733
    @craigwilson9733 Před 3 lety +10

    The Swiss have armed neutrallity meaning they can protect their neutrallity with force if need be

    • @HingerlAlois
      @HingerlAlois Před 3 lety

      Well also Belgium and the Netherlands were armed...
      But of course given that Belgium was certainly considered to be the better way to Paris and into the vital regions of France Switzerland was able to remain neutral.

    • @TheNinjaDC
      @TheNinjaDC Před 3 lety

      Or to be specific, make the cost of invasion far greater than any benefit one could receive from conquering.

    • @bertsole7278
      @bertsole7278 Před 3 lety

      Which force? The Howitzers they bought from the Americans at the end of WWII or their worn out Jeeps?

    • @ousamadearu5960
      @ousamadearu5960 Před 2 lety

      @@bertsole7278 It is still a fighting force. In a defensive war, your own terrain is your friend.
      Logistically, you do not need the best equipment if you can hide everything in the mountains, destroy any entry points, and give the enemy so much attrition to fight.
      Tactically, the terrain is more than enough to compensate with old weapons, bunkers, hidden military bases, and modern artillery made to destroy bridges. Deception is key to good tactical defense.
      Strategy, they already have their own strategy of forcing the enemy into attrition, rather than direct fighting.

  • @YouhavetoBelieve3347
    @YouhavetoBelieve3347 Před 3 lety +1

    *COULD U PLS MAKE A VIDEO ON FRAXINETUM, THE MUSLM EMIRATE OF SWITZERLAND‼️‼️*

  • @26wessex84
    @26wessex84 Před 3 lety +1

    They were holding the coats and watching wallets while everyone else had a fight.

  • @ICD493
    @ICD493 Před 3 lety

    do why was portugal neutral in ww2 next

  • @fidelramen5202
    @fidelramen5202 Před 3 lety +1

    Switzerland: GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!

  • @NormalPerson053
    @NormalPerson053 Před 2 lety +2

    No war no wellfare = one of the richest and most armed nation Switzerland.

  • @wildsurfer12
    @wildsurfer12 Před 3 lety +4

    You forgot to mention the investments that both sides had in Switzerland during the world wars. Any one sided stance would see them loose a lot of revenue from France or Germany. Also it’s mountainous terrain makes it difficult to invade in comparison to Belgium or Luxembourg.

  • @westwoods7675
    @westwoods7675 Před 3 lety +3

    German chancellor...nicely done.

  • @lazarandric6381
    @lazarandric6381 Před 3 lety +2

    Did u know Switzerland had a 100 years civil war?

  • @fancymercenary7213
    @fancymercenary7213 Před rokem +1

    Little do they know they will brake that neutrality 2 years later lol

  • @mr.patriotjol
    @mr.patriotjol Před 3 lety +7

    Was this uploaded again or was the title changed?

    • @Knowledgia
      @Knowledgia  Před 3 lety +7

      Uploaded again. We fixed a mistake :)

    • @BobuxGuy
      @BobuxGuy Před 3 lety +3

      @@Knowledgia But what was the mistake? lots of people wanna know

  • @depekthegreat359
    @depekthegreat359 Před 3 lety

    In this and other worlds,I am a 10th liker of this video and in this and other worlds,Switzerland is one of my favourite countries daily forever in my life and every generations that we would be born,good friends!!!I think the country wanted to know which countries' armies who fought for their respective rights so that they would be supportive on them and advisable to the enemies to change their respective attitudes in their respective lives and every generations that we would be born,good friends!!!:-D

  • @Ketafilth
    @Ketafilth Před 3 lety +2

    me, a swiss: tbh the alps help a lot

  • @Carvello20
    @Carvello20 Před 3 lety

    I watch up until 4.17 - goodbye forever.

  • @apexmobiledetailingceramic5519

    They also have the “high ground” of Europe. 3 major roads in and out. Each road can be blocked with demo charges creating the possibility and likely hood of a major self inflicted siege caused by the invading army.

  • @IcecreamMcGuy
    @IcecreamMcGuy Před 2 lety

    2:04 actually the last international war was the Napoleonic wars and the last WAR was the sonderbund war

  • @gianurwiler5098
    @gianurwiler5098 Před 3 lety +1

    Greatings from Switzerland boys