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Invasion of Switzerland

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1940–1941Date range
4Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1940

Adolf Hitler25 June 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Germany starts planning the invasion of Switzerland, the day France surrendered

Otto Wilhelm von Menges25 June 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Captain Otto Wilhelm von Menges in OKH submitted a draft plan for the invasion

Adolf HitlerJune 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

After the Second Armistice at Compiegne in June 1940, the Reich Interior Ministry produced a memorandum on the annexation of a strip of eastern France from the mouth of the Somme to Lake Geneva, which was to be reserved for post-war German colonization.[

Adolf HitlerOctober 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The plan plan to invade Switzerland continued to undergo revision until October, when Twelfth Army submitted its fourth draft, now called "Operation Tannenbaum". Although the Wehrmacht feigned moves toward Switzerland in its offensives, it never attempted to invade. After D-Day, the operation was put on hold and Switzerland remained neutral for the duration of the war

1941

Gottlob BergerSeptember 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Heinrich Himmler discussed the suitability of various personalities for the position of Reichskommissar for the re-union of Switzerland with Germany and its subsequent Reichsstatthalter with his subordinate Gottlob Berger

Heinrich HimmlerSeptember 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Heinrich Himmler discussed the suitability of various personalities for the position of Reichskommissar for the re-union of Switzerland with Germany and its subsequent Reichsstatthalter with his subordinate Gottlob Berger

Adolf HitlerSeptember 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Heinrich Himmler discussed the suitability of various personalities for the position of Reichskommissar for the re-union of Switzerland with Germany and its subsequent Reichsstatthalter with his subordinate Gottlob Berger

Names involved

Adolf HitlerGottlob BergerHeinrich HimmlerOtto Wilhelm von Menges

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