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9780739102558

Let's Swallow Switzerland Hitler's Plans against the Swiss Confederation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739102558

  • ISBN10:

    0739102559

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-09-05
  • Publisher: Lexington Books

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Summary

Klaus Urner has discovered proof that Hitler wanted to rub out Switzerland. The planned occupation of the country was, however, postponed for a short time and in the end did not materialize. Switzerland was the only country in Western Europe that did not suffer military invasion in World War II. It made itself indispensable to both sides and survived in the eye of the hurricane that was Nazi aggression. Let's Swallow Switzerland, including archival photographs, original color maps, and reprints of secret documents, sets new standards for the investigation of this important chapter of twentieth-century history.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Preface ix
Introduction: The Search for New Sources xiii
List of Abbreviations
xvii
Part I: Hitler's Plans against Switzerland: Summer 1940 1(74)
Overlooked Setting of German Explorations about Invading Switzerland
3(12)
Dangerous Tendencies of Aggression among Germans and Their Leaders
15(10)
Military Measures of the Axis Powers for a Total Encirclement of Switzerland
25(12)
Hitler's Orders of June 23, 1940: Explore a Surprise Occupation of Switzerland
37(8)
Evening of June 24, 1940: Angry Outburst in the Fuhrer's Headquarters
45(8)
Readying the 12th Army for the ``Special Task'' Switzerland
53(10)
Unsteady Security until Spring 1941
63(12)
Part II: German Economic Warfare to Close the Gap between Geneva and St. Gingolph 75(58)
Historical Aspects of the Last Escape Hatch between Switzerland and the Allies
77(4)
Transition Phase after the Armistice
81(4)
Creating Loopholes in the German Export Prohibitions
85(8)
Extortion Measures against Switzerland: The Offensive of the HWK Special Staff
93(6)
Partial German Success Due to French and Swiss Concessions
99(6)
Importance of the Gap until the Agreement of July 18, 1941
105(4)
Semilegal and Illegal Attempts to Break through the Counterblockade
109(6)
The ``Little Border Traffic'': The Hidden Door to the West until November 1942
115(8)
The Special Emigrant Railroad Car of the Swiss Alien Police
123(4)
The Final Phase: Contacts with the Resistance and Final Rescue Attempts
127(6)
Documents 133(44)
Bibliography 177(14)
Index 191

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