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Re:Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided b... by wegwerfbenutzer on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:10AM (#26383307)
That is a myth. These defenses you talk about were built partly with cheap material and therefore significantly less effective. This caused a major post-war corruption scandal.

Nazi Germany did not invade Switzerland, because Switzerland was actually more useful as a neutral state for Nazi Germany to exchange gold for commodities, for spying and Switzerland produced militiary equipment for Nazi Germany anyway.

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Re:Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided b... by tim333 on Monday March 08, 2021 @06:56AM (#26384764)
Switzerland has also had a policy of armed neutrality since 1815 or before I think and the armed bit would probably be a headache for anyone invading.
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Re:Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided b... by lolc on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:16PM (#26391664)
The Nazis did plan an invasion. See Operation Tannenbaum[0].

Switzerland didn't end up getting divided between Germany and Italy thanks to the Red Army hurtling more humans west than the Wehrmacht could supply bullets east. Swiss munitions production wouldn't be risked.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tannenbaum

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