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Let's swallow Switzerland! : Hitler's plans against the Swiss Confederation
Schweiz muss noch geschluckt werden! English
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- Creator
- Klaus Urner ; translated by Lotti N. Eichhorn
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- xxi, 200 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780739102558, 0739102559
- OCLC
- ocm46472272
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.
- Pt. I. Hitler's Plans against Switzerland: Summer 1940. 1. Overlooked German Plans for Invading Switzerland. 2. German Hostility toward the Swiss. 3. Total Encirclement of Switzerland. 4. Hitler's Orders of June 23, 1940: A Surprise Occupation of Switzerland. 5. Evening of June 24, 1940: Angry Outburst in the Fuhrer's Headquarters. 6. Readying the 12th Army for "Special Task" Switzerland. 7. Status of Swiss Security before the Spring of 1941 -- Pt. II. German Economic Warfare to Close the Gap between Geneva and St. Gingolph. 8. Last Escape Hatch between Switzerland and the Allies. 9. After the Armistice. 10. Loopholes in German Export Prohibitions. 11. Extortion against Switzerland. 12. Partial German Success Due to French and Swiss Concessions. 13. Importance of the Gap until the Agreement of July 18, 1941. 14. Semilegal and Illegal Attempts to Break through the Counterblockade. 15. The "Little Border Traffic": Hidden Door to the West. 16. The Special Emigrant Railroad Car of the Swiss Alien Police. 17. The Final Phase: Contacts with the Resistance and Final Rescue Attempts