Why didn't Hitler invade Switzerland in World War II?
965048
Though Belgium and Netherlands were neutral they were invaded (extra coast line, very important for trespassing to France, important industries, ...).   The benefit of invading was higher than the cost of fighting.\nSwiss had no important mines, watches are not important to make war and the bankers did business with everyone.\nStrategic not important.  (For the Swiss, I know it is a little bit simplified but these are the facts compared with other countries that were invaded).\nAt the other side if Hitler had invaded Switzerland he would have got to do a fight that should have cost him very dear.   The Swiss Army was well motivated and trained (and the swiss have a reputation of good soldiers that even a German will think twice), well armed,  modern fortress in the passes and a lot of montains where no tank can come.   Once invaded, the Swiss would have gone underground and give him something like in Yougoslavia but even worse (he should have to leave a lot of divisions to hunt the Swiss soldiers down in their proper playground, fun guaranteed.  Swiss like their freedom and are (still) prepared to fight for it.\n\nA surprise attack would not have worked because every Swiss has his military equipment at home, the paratroopers would have been the hunted within minutes.  All bridges and passes were undermined, so it could not have been a Blitzkrieg.\n\nSo, you see the cost would have been to high for what could have won.
981400
The Question is great.\nIn 1936/9 the French and English let Franco take over in Spain with Hitler and Mussolini's support. It kept the Communists out of Europe. It had little strategic consequences.\nThe choices now are much more serious and the consequences nuclear. \nStay tuned to see the results of the greatest challenge to the worlds future.\nWestern public opinion has it's head deeply buried in the.........
578289
At the time of WWII the allies were very anxious to have the United States enter and aide in the conflict due to the fact that at the time it was one of the only countries with the resources to possibly wage a successful war against Germany.  Of course there is always politics in any conflict but the basic reason for the war was Germany's desire to conquer and rule countries and people that wished to maintain their own sovereignty.
805326
Australia entered World War II shortly after the Invasion of Poland, declaring war on Germany on September 3rd, 1939. By the end of the war almost a million Australians had served in the Australian armed forces and Australian military units had seen combat in Europe, North Africa, and the South-West Pacific. In addition, Australia came under direct attack for the first time in its history. 39,366 Australians were killed and 23,477 were wounded by enemy action during the war.\n\nFollowing the Japanese attacks on South East Asia in late 1941, Australia was attacked itself during the Air raids on Darwin, February 19, 1942, resulting in at least 243 civilian and military deaths. Australian troops were sent home from the Middle East to defend the country from a feared Japanese invasion of Australia. This invasion did not occur, however, and the Japanese did not ever intend to invade the Australian mainland.\n\nThe Statute of Westminster 1931 formally ended most of the constitutional links between Australia and the United Kingdom when Australia adopted it in 1942. The shock of the United Kingdom's defeat in Asia in 1942 and the threat of Japanese invasion caused Australia to turn to the United States as a new ally and protector. Since 1951, Australia has been a formal military ally of the US under the auspices of the ANZUS treaty. After World War II, Australia encouraged mass immigration from Europe
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No it was not.  It singled out Germany for punitive measures and not the Austro-Hungarian Empire for such measures.  It so financially was hard for Germany and led to WWII.
28021
The war would of never started.  If hitler was president we(usa) wouldnt be controlled by isreal.  There would be no jewish influence in america for war to happen.
559946
the axis powers (hitler) want to unite all the "german speaking people" in europe as one country of germany. this is basically taking over the whole of europe because there are german speaking people everywhere. also, hitler blames the jews because when he was a soldier in WW1 and they lost, he blamed the government leaders, who were mostly jewish. \nthe allied powers saw hitler as a mass murderer (who he was) and based on some of the rules of the league of nations (something similar to the UN which was put into effect after WW1 in an effort to stop another war from occuring) decided to help the countries that were being attacked...by germany. this is how the 2 powers re-formed from ww1.
77337
Interesting question.  Would there have been a WWII?  Maybe so. Hitler rose to power because of the conditions existing in Germany, economic and political climate, ie the humiliation of Germany and the rise of nationalism and the belief that Aryans were superior.  Those factors would have still existed in Germany.\n\nWithout Hitler at the top of this evil party, someone would have stepped forward.  If a power vaccuum exists, it will be filled. Hitler didn't put the Third Reich together by himself, the National Socialist German Worker's party did. \n\nThus, I think others would have stepped in.\n\nWould the results of the war have been the same?  Would the Nazi's have tried to liquidate an entire people?  Maybe, since there was a wrongheaded belief that the Jewish people profited in WWI, controlled German banks and stabbed the German Army in the back.\n\nHitler was evil incarnate.  The Nazi Party, too. If Hitler didn't exist, the whole sorry chapter in World history may not have happened, but I fear otherwise.
376696
Switzerland was neutral in WWII because it was right in between Germany, France, and Italy.  Germany and Italy were both Axis countries, and France was an Allied country.  If they joined the Allies, Germany and Italy would attack them.  If they joined the Axis, France would attack them.\n\nI'm pretty sure Switzerland is no longer neutral.
701947
he was a fascist and Hitlers ally...or didn't you study the Spanish civil war...the Nazis used their Luftwaffe there
334334
At 5 am Sept 1st 1939, Hitler invades Poland. The British and French issue an ultimatum by that afternoon. It expired at noon GMT Sept 3rd. Birtan and France then declared war on Germany, HOWEVER, World War II was not a world war until Japan attacked the USA at Pearl Harbor on Sunday Dec. 7th 1941 at 7am. Go find someone who was there, like I did. I'm sure they have many intresting tales to tell. Dont be afraid of the old. They actually like to talk about the good old bad old days.
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We remember so that we don't let history repeat itself.  Hitler was a great Orator who used his ability of speach giving to build up the Nazi party and eventually take control of Germany.  He was a Corporal in World War I and was devistated by the German Loss of the war as well as the terms of the surrender. He built an army with youth clubs and an Airforce out of Flying Clubs as Germany was restricted as to the number in each by the treaty of Versalles.  He built a strong organization of Secret Police and held a real tight reign on the people of Germany as well as the Annexed areas of Europe that were conceeded to him.\n\nOf course World War II started in 1939 when Hitler took Poland in about 3 weeks time and turned around and marched through France in 6 weeks.  The Europe war lasted until May 8, 1945.  The U.S. fought with Japan until September, 1945.\n\nBefore and during World War II Hitler dreamed of a society led by the German Aryan Race, he set out a plan to help produce more purity in Europe with his "Final Solution".  He was responsible for the genocide extermination of 6,000,000 Jews, as well as many Gypsies and Jehovah's Witnesses. He used most of these people before their extermination as slave labor for his war machine.  He was so adamant about the extermination of the Jews that he used resources such as Rail Roads that could have moved troops to the Russian front to move Jews to Extermination Camps.  All of the "Concentration Camps" also required much manpower that could have been put to use in the war effort.  By the end of the War Hitler was ordering troops that did not exist into battle.  He was quite ill with Parkinsons Disease and extremely paranoid of all germs and of course plots against his life.  He died by committing suicide so that he could not be taken alive.  His vast empire had collapsed into 3 square blocks when he finally died and the Germans continued to fight for a little over a week after his death.\n\nHitler needs to be remembered because of his "Racist" ideas and where they lead.  We need to remember what happened to all the people who died in what was probably the largest effort at genocide to date.  He built killing factories to do this work and it must be remembered so that we do not ever allow this thing to happen again in this world.  I believe that his failures in life were probably his greatest influence.  He spent around 2 years in prison after a failed revolt in 1923, during which time he wrote "Mein Kampf" in which he outlined his plans for Germany and his Master Race. The sales of this book made Hitler a Millionaire, which allowed him more time to spend on Politics and not have to worry about how to pay the bills.  His greatest Role Model was Benito Mussulini the Fascist Dictator of Italy, however later in the war it was Hitler that was the role model for Mussulini.\n\nThis is one page in history that we never want to see repeated and that is why we must remember Hitler.
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Its doubtful.\n\nIn 1944 the German military was far from being a spent force and fought hard along the whole line of advance. Also the D-Day landings were only part of the issue as to properly equip and maintain the invasion forces you had to have a working port, which is why the British pushed quickly north and fought so hard to capture Antwerp. \n\nIt was only then that Motgomery and Patton could get the basic supplies they needed to push forward without over extending supply lines, so there was a strong logistics hold up.\n\nThe third element was Hitlers last gasp attempt to break the allies in the Battle of the Bulge, which no-one expected. Whilst ultimately defeated that German attack set the war plans back at least two months whilst units were rested and re-cycled into and out of the battle zone.\n\nIt is also true that Patton and Montgomery were halted before the wars end so that the Russians could take Berlin. This was against the advice and wishes of Churchill who could see what was going to happen. lke however didnt want the casualties associated with street fighting in the German capital.
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Basically because Germany invaded Paris (France) without permission, and then Spain got involved as they were allies. Poland triedto stay neutral but this just aggrivated the situation, leading to a full blown war.
809292
Hitler couldn't possibly have killed all those jews by himself, could he?
242598
We would have had no diplomatic relations with Germany during our involvement in WWII.  I am not sure if we continued Diplomatic Relations after the Nazi's came to power until our entry into the War.  We may have had an Ambassador to Germany from 1939 to 1941 when we entered the war, which would have also been considered World War II.
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The US tried very hard to avoid this war and for a long time it ignored all the help requests that came from Europe. \nLikely for all the world, Japan attacked the US at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 1941 (http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/PearlHar )  and by that forced the US the join the war.\n\nIf Japan would not have done that, it is safe to assume that Germany would have win this war and got enough time to build an atom bomb. That would have influence all the world, imagine a Nazi regime with such a weapon.\n\nBTW- kingjoey66- Albert Einstein tried to warn the US government about the intense German efforts to develop the atom bomb but was almost arrested for that. Einstein was not involved with the atomic bomb development at all. His only (and major) contribution to the development is to show that such energy exists in any material.