what did Switzerland do during the second world war?

Nothing.

>>2474686
Get rich
Like, fucking filthy disgusting rich

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>>2474706
but how tho

when you're swiss and irish you really wish someone did something cool then

>>2474706
So they really are mountain jews huh?

>>2474686
>what did Switzerland do during the second world war?

Mobilized 1 million people into an army, allowed everyone to fly over it without shooting planes, accepted refugees who could pay the bribes (mostly bankers running away from the Nazis and later from France).

Then they stopped letting allied planes fly, since it looked like Germany is winning and their army was free and bored at the time, and they started shooting USA planes. They got bombed after that.

They also purchased (as in, paid for it) gold confiscated from jews. No, they didn't steal it, or let the germans store it there, they PAID for it. Like Napoleon selling his colonies to the USA to fund the war with the coalition, for example.
In total Switzerland money accounted for less than half a percent of german military budget, so people overrate it influence.

Finally, both sides could, and had reasons to, conquer Switzerland, but it would be expensive. The small country mobilized way too many guys, had fortifications, everyone was armed, and its in the high mountains. So they were left alone.

>>2474735
why would an essentially neutral side shoot allied planes for shits and giggles?

not that i wouldn't join in

>>2474745
They were flying over it, and Germany said shoot them. This happened at a point in time when Germany had a huge army and no enemy on the continent.

>>2474745
because the axis were winning

Switzerland's whole strategy is "make it so invading us is more trouble than its worth." This is no easy feat when you share a border with Nazi Germany, but they managed it, from both ends: fortifying like crazy so an attack would be difficult, and basically playing nice so there is less to gain by doing so.

>>2474706
nah
that was USA

>>2474686
More or less the same as during WW1. Declare Neutrality and wait. Profit as much as possible (also in disgusting ways) and hope no one attacks you. They wouldn't have stand a chance against a Nazi Germany.