World War II Switzerland: Really Silent Observers?

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Term Paper Title	World War II Switzerland: Really Silent Observers?
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World War II Switzerland: Really Silent Observers?

Introduction -

Setting the Stage

     The year was 1939, and Europe was still quaking in the aftermath of World War I.  The citizens of her many countries were discontent with their new, democratic governments and ever-present economic problems.  This environment was fertile for the growth of dictators who shouted revolution and blamed the problems of their nation on the despised Treaty of Versailles, the document that ended World War I and forced the Central Powers to unconditionally surrender and pay millions of dollars in damages.  This political strategy was extremely successful, and gave rise to infamous dictators such as Hitler, Mussolini, and Lenin, all who had differing political views, but the same goal: the conquering of the world.

Before long, alliances were made, other nations were invaded, and peace treaties were broken as dictatorships grew in size.  The Western World tried to ignore this outbreak of fighting, as they had sustained heavy casualties in World War I and did not wish to take more losses.  But, with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers, the West had seen too much, and Britain entered the war with France at her side.  World War II had begun.

     Through all of this madness, a nation previously overlooked rested in volatile Europe, dangerously close to the heart of the war.  Keeping her long- respected vow of neutrality, she looked silently all around her as her neighbors were swept away through Nazi tyranny.  That nation was Switzerland.  But was she really a bystander, or was there a Secret Alliance with Germany, a direct breach of standard neutrality conduct?  The content of my report focuses on Switzerland’s actions involving Germany during World War II and what has been done, then and now, to stop her cooperation with Germany and make her pay for the damage that has been done.

World War II -
     The Secret Alliance and Germany’s Exploits
     Some time in early 1941, at the Axis Power’s peak, an alliance was made between Nazi Germany and Switzerland.  While the exact specifications of the alliance have yet to be uncovered, its nature was quite clear.  In the following years until the war’s end in 1945, Switzerland’s neutrality was manipulated and abused in several ways.  The first, and by far, most important use of the Swiss was in the abuse of their strong national bank and stable currency.  The Swiss National Bank and other associated banks were used as stor...

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