After the fall of France in June 1940, neutral Switzerland found itself surrounded on all sides by a hostile expansionist power. The small nation would have been a valuable possession but the jaws of the Reich hesitated to swallow it. How did Switzerland manage to exit the conflict intact and largely unscathed?

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Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Written by: Lennart Visser & Francis van Berkel,
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
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Research by: Lennart Visser
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Sound design: Marek Kamiński
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Sources:
- Pictures of Swiss Army by Strübin Theodor courtesy of Archäologie und Museum Baselland Lizenzbedingungen
- Bundesarchiv
- Imperial War Museums: HU56131
- ETH-Bibliothek Zürich: 03258, LBS MH05-02-04, M01-0756-0001
- Fortepan:3889, 92301
- National Archives
- Staatsarchiv Bern - P362
- Plan of the defence lines of the National Redoubt courtesy of Augemit from Wikimedia Commons
- Picture of Swiss Soldiers with anti-aircraft gun courtesy of Paebi from Wikimedia Commons
- Picture of Swiss aircraft in 1943 from theM.Pilloud - Archive familiale
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
- Other Sides of Glory - Fabien Tell
- Moving to Disturbia - Experia
- Remembrance - Fabien Tell


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