It’s definitely more “oversimplified” than “historical”.
Adventurous-Cow-2345 on
And during WOII while Switzerland stayed “Neutral” they had this little oepsie doepsie where did all this Nazi gold came from… happens to the best of us right?
Small_Constant7010 on
Assuming “wars” doesn’t mean “civil wars”, of course, because the only country the Swiss would fight is Switzerland
kizelasay on
Because the years leading up to 1815 just didn’t happen
Landlocked_WaterSimp on
Someone seems to be focusing on the more modern time period. Switzerland wasn’t always peaceful – it just retired.
lordkhuzdul on
History of Switzerland without wars would be nonexistent. The cantons did comprehensively kick HRE ass to get and stay independent.
jmorais00 on
There’s more to history than WW2, you know? Switzerland fought A LOT during the Old Swiss Confederation period (1200s – Napoleon) and as a french ally when they were a puppet of the aforementioned Corsican. They fought multiple wars of independence and expansion. There’s a reason their mercenaries were by far the best in Europe
History of Switzerland is war with other people, followed by war for other people, followed by standing at the border with guns while other people have wars
PerroHundsdog on
When you skip right to “present time” on a wikipedia page
ExoticMangoz on
Switzerland was pretty famous militarily for a good while
Admiral45-06 on
Kid named Swiss mercenaries:
ArkhamInmate11 on
Switzerland may not have joined the axis world war two but they were more than happy to smuggle the gold the nazis stole from my people and use it to Jumpstart their country into a haven for rich foreigners to dodge taxes so….
Solid-Move-1411 on
Do people forget that Switzerland wasn’t neutral up until Congress of Vienna.
Country was literally formed as military alliance. Vast majority of things in Swiss history happens before 1815 and its mostly wars like Burgundian Wars, Swabian League, Sacking of Rome (1527), Reformation Civil Wars, Swiss mercenaries in Thirty Year War, Swiss peasant war and French Revolutionary War
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It’s definitely more “oversimplified” than “historical”.
And during WOII while Switzerland stayed “Neutral” they had this little oepsie doepsie where did all this Nazi gold came from… happens to the best of us right?
Assuming “wars” doesn’t mean “civil wars”, of course, because the only country the Swiss would fight is Switzerland
Because the years leading up to 1815 just didn’t happen
Someone seems to be focusing on the more modern time period. Switzerland wasn’t always peaceful – it just retired.
History of Switzerland without wars would be nonexistent. The cantons did comprehensively kick HRE ass to get and stay independent.
There’s more to history than WW2, you know? Switzerland fought A LOT during the Old Swiss Confederation period (1200s – Napoleon) and as a french ally when they were a puppet of the aforementioned Corsican. They fought multiple wars of independence and expansion. There’s a reason their mercenaries were by far the best in Europe
[Here’s a consolidated view of the major wars fought by the Swiss](https://g.co/gemini/share/89f03e429f05)
So we are just ignoring this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Morgarten
History of Switzerland is war with other people, followed by war for other people, followed by standing at the border with guns while other people have wars
When you skip right to “present time” on a wikipedia page
Switzerland was pretty famous militarily for a good while
Kid named Swiss mercenaries:
Switzerland may not have joined the axis world war two but they were more than happy to smuggle the gold the nazis stole from my people and use it to Jumpstart their country into a haven for rich foreigners to dodge taxes so….
Do people forget that Switzerland wasn’t neutral up until Congress of Vienna.
Country was literally formed as military alliance. Vast majority of things in Swiss history happens before 1815 and its mostly wars like Burgundian Wars, Swabian League, Sacking of Rome (1527), Reformation Civil Wars, Swiss mercenaries in Thirty Year War, Swiss peasant war and French Revolutionary War