1 January 1940President of SwitzerlandMarcel Pilet-Golaz
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Historical records for Switzerland in 1940, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Writes again to President Roosevelt urging stronger attention to uranium research developments.
Sends another letter to Roosevelt concerning the need for effective action on uranium research.
Appointed Director of the Psychological Laboratory at Geneva
Developed his famous "Reduit Concept" in summer 1940, according to which the Swiss Army would have retreated into the Alps relatively soon if attacked.
The Swiss paramilitary organisation Aktion Nationaler Widerstand (Resistant National Action), formed from contacts between selected army figures and conservative civilian circles, had the explicit task to persuade the civilian population to resist invade.
but would have kept up resistance based on some sort of guerrilla and stay-behind tactics from there.
Appointed Director of the Psychological Laboratory at Geneva
Developed his famous "Reduit Concept" in summer 1940, according to which the Swiss Army would have retreated into the Alps relatively soon if attacked, but would have kept up resistance based on some sort of guerrilla and stay-behind tactics from there
The Swiss paramilitary organisation Aktion Nationaler Widerstand (Resistant National Action), formed from contacts between selected army figures and conservative civilian circles, had the explicit task to persuade the civilian population to resist invade
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