Re: Are Guns Really a Friend of Freedom?


"Stalin" <Stalin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> jif2000 said:
>
> >Hitler did not invade Swizerland. Why do you suppose that was ?
>
> Hitler did not invade Switzerland for several reasons, but fear of an
> armed citizenry wasn't one of them. When Hitler mused aloud about
> attacking the Swiss, he was dissuaded by the fact that Switzerland had an
> ultra-modern, extremely efficient and highly disciplined army that was the
> acknowledged master of that most difficult and specialized form of land
> warfare: mountain fighting.
>
> The Swiss defence (or rather, deterrence) ultimately consisted of an army.
> The usual objection is that the Swiss military was (is) a citizen army,
and
> I don't disagree. But apart from the fact that all citizens were liable
for
> military service (and this was true of Nazi Germany and the USSR as well),
> Switzerland's army was run along the same lines as any other. Boot camp
> was as irksome as any other army, desertion was a capital offense,
> officers had to be saluted and addressed as "sir", and privates had to
> snap to attention when a sergeant walked past.
>
> Hardly a bunch of rough-and-ready libertarians.
>

Supposing for the sake of the argument that Hitler, or the military forces
at his command rather, were able to overcome the Swiss Army and invade
Switzerland. Do you think that the Germans would be able to occupy
Switzerland and maintain control of it?

Charles L


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