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Target Switzerland
Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War II
by Stephen P. Halbrook
In 1943, Adolf Hitler proclaimed that "all the rubbish of small nations existing in Europe must be liquidated," even if it meant he would later "be attacked as 'the butcher of the Swiss.'" In his diaries Josef Goebbels described Switzerland as "this stinking little state." The Gestapo prepared lists of Swiss to be executed once the Nazis overran the country. Yet, as the Nazi tide spread across Europe from the Pyrenees to the Volga, one nation stood free, albeit armed to the teeth-its flag unbowed in a sea of twisted crosses...read more
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While surrounded by the Axis powers in World War II, Switzerland remained democratic and, unlike most of Europe, never succumbed to the siren songs and threats of the Nazi goliath. This book tells the story with emphasis on two voices rarely heard...read more
Translation: Schweizer Widerstand gegen Nazi-Deutschland (German)
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Articles Available Online
Die Schweiz im Visier
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (April 23, 2003)
"Sau Nazi!" What the Swiss Really Thought of Hitler
Swiss American Historical Society Review (February 2001).
Why Switzerland?
Current Concerns (April 2000)
Switzerland and Its Armed Citizenry
Chronicles (January 1998).
Die Fehler der Vereiningten Statten vermeiden
Neue Zurcher Zeitung (March 4, 1997)
In the Shadow of William Tell
Guns (September 1997).
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Kontraproduktiv! Das Geplante Schweizer Waffenrecht Aus Der Sicht Eines Amerikaners
Deutsches Waffen-Journal (May 1997).
Switzerland's Feldschiessen
Gun Digest (1996/50th Annual Edition)
The World's Largest Rifle Shooting Match: Switzerland 1995
The 1996 Precision Shooting Annual (Manchester, CT: Precision Shooting, Inc., 1996)
Armed and Free
Soldier of Fortune (December 1994)
Swiss Schuetzenfest
American Rifleman (May 1993)
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