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Switzerland after turning the entire country into a fortress: 🍿
Switzerland's motto should be "Pecunia non olet"
They make me think of the dwarves on LOTR 😅
They were like Germans on Steroids. A war with the Swiss would be pretty costly.
Meh didn’t need them anyways 😅😅
The Swiss seem to be doing a lot of things right: they got the guns but are not notorious for mass shootings.
They defended their country with everything they had, force,intelligence and legislation.
😊
Accidentally bombing Geneva and killing civilians is highly ironic
The story of success of the personal mercenaries of the Pope
Too much of ofs lol
War time….only allow noncombat aged women and children…..I see no problem with this.
Don’t forget the nazi gold they got to keep after the war
I imagine countries like Finland and Norway sit back and watch the rest of the world play out their drama like Switzerland did in WW2. Russia and USA are the narcissists who keep starting drama.
Moral of his video: Never enter Switzerland’s territory in a war
10:55 yeah totally mistakingly Definitely not to get them into the war, you're understimating the demonspawn that are the British.
Complicit in doing nothing
Swiss shouldn’t be in nato off they are 😂
They didn't involve themselves in the war but they had no problem storing all that nazi gold.
Switzerland was lucky in 1914 and 1940 that Paris is where it is. Belgium not so much
Hitler did not invade because he needed a source of hard currency and a place to stash his looted treasure. The amoral Swiss still have some of it.
Thank you, Mr. Johnson! My One year old sister loves your content.
What people think Switzerland was like in WW2: 😂🍿
What it was actually like: 😳🔫🗻🗻
The 2nd Amendment once again comes in clutch.
Not everyone had the luxury of having a vast ocean between themselves and evil or a powerful navy to project their strength.The Swiss did what they had to. America could have been neutral too, but we had the means and the duty to intervene in the slaughter of millions by the Axis, Switzerland did not.
I thought that was TF2 sniper on the thumbnail LOL
Those who don't know: "Pfft Switzerland were pansies for being neutral!"
Those who do know: *Mr. Incredible with grim expression
I kinda want a Switzerland WWII management sim now…
Germany sure does like to attack Neutral countries, huh?
More like "Switzerland vs THE WORLD"
7:30 it's called "Schweiz" not "Shweiz"
I am a horrible person all I can think is how punchable his face is…. Sorry… Great Video though
Kinda make you wish Germany did invade just to see the Swiss to back hand them
Just saying, no one in Switzerland believes that the Bombings of Swiss Towns were accidents, it’s pretty much an open secret that that’s just the US being petty and bombing us for “cooperation and collaboration” with the Nazis…
So it’s not “misfortune” it’s just USA being USA that my hometown of Schaffhausen was bombed
What ever you pay the artists, it's not enough. They really went above and beyond on accuracy.
Don't forget about the Jewish gold they happily stole
Really interesting video but I'm surprised that there wasn't anything about the Holocaust trains that went through Switzerland nor anything about the Swiss banks who exploited Jews since those actions are still very controversial today.
That said, as someone who's grandfather served in the Swiss Army, this was a really good vid and thanks Griffin for putting this all together!
Seems like some weak scared men to me
The Swiss flag presented at 2:25 is wrong! The shape should be a perfect square 1:1, not rectangular 🇨🇭
A rather simple, but effective strategy: Nobody attacks his exterritorial banker and treasurer.
The fortifications were and are mostly for show, like some kind of massive accountants' table – you could hide behind it in some cases, but the real security comes from the content of your vaults and from what you know about the owners of said content.
People need to learn geography a bit better before criticizing Swiss neutrality in WW2. What option did they have?
Switzerland had Nazi money and helped them keep their money secure. Swiss were basically working for the Nazis
Hmm, no mention of Swiss medical support during Operation Barbarossa. Author Simon Webb made a video about it on his YouTube channel, History Debunked.