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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:08 AM Original message |
Swiss look back on a tarnished wartime record |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know what the Swiss told themselves but.. |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The army didn't scare them away but allied with the fortifications |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. So the Hitler would have been denied the fun of destroying the country? |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes. The Swiss would have done a "Scored Earth" defense. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Sounds more like a "stupid earth" defense to me |
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KDLarsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It was used extensively on the Eastern Front.. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Scored earth is a huge gamble. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. Worse Yet, Swiss Reputation As A Reputable Banker Is Destroyed |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. Swiss mercenaries guard the Vatican and pope too. What a coincidence n/t |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. A coincidence that is several hundred years old |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I never suggested that the Swiss mercenaries there were something new |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. What is your point? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Michaelangelo was credited with designing the uniform |
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bennywhale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. No-one knows fuck all |
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strizi64 (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 02:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Ups.... |
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RedstDem (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. Stuck Between Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy & France On Bended Knee |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Good Point... |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. I read a history that said a large percentage of Swiss citizenry |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. In the battle between good and evil, they were...neutral. |
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Desperadoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Neutral? |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You're right. They have a lot to answer for. |
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RedstDem (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Unless You're British, French, Polish Or Chinese |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 05:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I'm American and proud! |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. If they denied to bank the Nazi's money, they wouldn't be nuetral. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. Operation Tannenbaum |
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