The southern end of the W. Front (Where no-man's land met Switzerland)

[Swing]

I thought I posted a topic on this but I guess I didn't. I was really curious about what happened where the fronts ended considering it stretched from the sea in belgium to the swiss border. I actually found some cool pictures and maps of the southernmost area of the front. Basically the French dragoons took Pfetterhausen in Alsace. In front of that town was noman's land and the town changed hands back and fourth. But I guess on the French side it pretty much stretched down to a swiss-french border shack which there are many pictures of. After no-man's land there was a spit of swiss land that stuck out to the south which the swiss put together observation posts and trenches and they also had the highground. To the East of that is germany after you go a little bit further east the swiss border stops and germany continues to the south. But the swiss had such a commanding view of both sides and they were ordered that if any country attacked them that they were supposed to fight to the last man and there was to be no surrender (for both wars), and if they heard that switzerland surrendered that it was enemy propaganda and that it was the soldiers duty to fight until he used all his ammo and then use his bayonet. Plus all bridges, railways, and tunnels in the mountains were mined and ready to be detonated upon invasion effectively making the country useless to any army that wanted to outflank the other via switzerland. Anyways I want to find more pics on no-man's land around that area but you guys might find this stuff interesting.
http://landships.activeboard.com/for...picID=12239539 There's also links to other threads on the topic.

[Swing]

I can't believe none of you find this part of history interesting?

[Whukid]

I can't believe none of you find this part of history interesting?

You let it sit for only 7 hours. Specifically the 7 when we were sleeping..

Anyways, I find it odd that they were so opposed to joining sides. Why destroy your own country when you can offer assistance to the side that's not actively invading? Especially at the cost of your entire armed forces..

[panzer 4]

You let it sit for only 7 hours. Specifically the 7 where we were sleeping..

Anyways, I find it odd that they were so opposed to joining sides. Why destroy your own country when you can offer assistance to the side that's not actively invading? Especially at the cost of your entire armed forces..

its switzerland, its the bank of the world

would you attack your bank?

[Whukid]

its switzerland, its the bank of the world

would you attack your bank?

Touche.

[Handgun_Hero]

its switzerland, its the bank of the world

would you attack your bank?

That didn't stop me...

[panzer 4]

i find it interesting, but i wasnt "in town" on December 10 so i didnt even see the topic

[don_Durandal]

Well I do find it interesting, but it’s something I was already aware of.

Part of the defence network built by the Swiss during WW1 has been preserved on the Mont Vully. You can still visit the trenches and dugouts. I’ll be stationed close to there next month, so I’ll try and take some pictures.
Mont Vully is/was an important tactical position as you can observe most of the Swiss plateau from there. It’s also placed right in the main (and only practical, due to the Jura and lakes) corridor where an army would go through if invading from west or north (which, not incidentally, was the “plan H” conceived by the WW1 French high command… “in case”). There are fortifications from various periods covering WW2 all the way back to the Helvetians of antiquity. According to legend the Swiss Army built so many underground networks there, we even forgot where some of them are.

[panzer 4]

was it because your team was something like this?

[Jokern]

Well, the swiss did get their neutrality guaranteed at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, and I don't see what they could have gained from entering the war (except from land winnings ).