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The Swiss & The Nazis: How The Alpine Republic Survived In The Shadow Of The Third Reich
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Halbrook Succeeds Not Only In Achieving A Thorough Analysis Of Switzerlands Armed Neutrality, But Also In Revealing Through Their Own Voices The Willingness Of Ordinary Citizens To Accept Total War In Order To Preserve Their Freedom.Swiss American Historical Society Reviewthis Book Tells The Long Misunderstood Story Of Switzerland In World War Ii With Emphasis On Two Voices Rarely Heard. One Is That Of Scores Of Swiss Who Lived In Those Dark Years, As They Repeatedly Mobilized To Defend The Country And Helped Refugees. The Other Voice Is That Of Nazi Intelligence, Which Spied On The Swiss And Planned Subversion And Invasion. Exhaustive Documents From The German Military Archives Reveal A Chilling Rendition Of Attack Plans.When Switzerland Became Surrounded By The Axis Powers, It First Mobilized A Spiritual Defense, Using The Press, Cabarets, And Newsreels As Weapons Against Totalitarianism, Even At The Risk Of Provoking The Nazis. Swiss Soldiers Recall An Epoch When Every Day Could Have Been The Day When All Hell Would Break Loose And They Would Meet The Enemy. Blitzkrieg Plans Against Switzerland Devised By The Wehrmacht In 1940 Are Described, As Is How Switzerland Became An Armed Camp With Countless Fortifications, Against Which The Axis Could Have Attempted Access Only With Extreme Costs In Blood.The Book Goes On To Describe Swiss Life During The War With Its Shortages, Alarms, And Rumors. A Chapter Investigates Whether Swiss Officials Played A Role In Germany'S Adoption Of The J Stamp On Jewish Passports, And How Switzerland Became A Lifeboat For Refugees. Another Chapter Focuses On Davos, Where The Swiss Struggled Against A Fifth Column, And Which Became A Safe Haven For American Airmen Whose Crippled Bombers Made It To Swiss Territory. The Last Chapter Profiles Switzerland As America'S Window On The Reichhow Allen Dulles And His Oss Spied On The Nazis, At Times With Help From Swiss Intelligence.Table Of Contentsintroductionpart I: A War Of Words And Nerves1. The Spirit Of Resistance2. The Eyes Of German Intelligence3. Hanging Hitler In Satire4. Counterattack Of The Newsreelspart Ii: Preparing For Invasion5. I Was A Militia Soldier Then6. Blitzkrieg 19407. Switzerland Is A Porcupinepart Iii: Struggle For Survival: Food, Fuel, And Fear8. Gas Masks And Potato Bread: An Oral History9. The J Stamp, The Lifeboat, And Refugeespart Iv: Espionage And Subversion10. The Consequences Of Encirclement11. Intruders In Our Midst12. Americas Window On The Reich: Allen Dulles In Bernconclusionsource Notesbibliographyindex
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