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Old March 13th, 2008, 08:19 PM
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Default Re: SWISS NEUTRALITY

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Originally Posted by C.Evans View Post
I don't know if ti was in this mans book or not but, I thought it fairly funny that Americans were allowed to make emergency landings but, the Germans were not. Anyway, this book talked a bit about the Swiss's shootings down of German fighters. An what might seem odd-though it aint-was that German Messerschmitts were shot down by Swiss Messerschmitts. That must have been a sight to see. Also, the book said that the Swiss actually preferred killing any German who strayed into their space-instead of allowing him to leave or land and surrender.
I saw a link somewhere in the forum posted by, I believe, Adam (von Poop) of the internment camps the Swiss had for the interned Allied fliers. These camps were only a little, highly emphasized little, better than the concentration camps of the Germans. I cannot find it but it did surprise me.
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