When Germans surrendered their weapons to Switzerland during World War II
It was the peak of winter; a group of German soldiers is crossing a border. World War II was raging across the world, and Germany has just opened a new war front with USSR.
German soldiers are stopped near a check post and asked to surrender their weapons. The soldiers receive a grey coat to cover their military uniforms. The soldiers oblige. The soldiers are not surrendering but going home. It is a peculiar incident which happens in Büsingen am Hochrhein the only German exclave inside Switzerland.
World War II:
World War II unofficially started with the German invasion of Poland. The blitzkrieg of the German army was a huge success bringing nation after nation under the control of Germany.
France fell in a few weeks. Italy sided with Germany as axis power. Spain; which got help from the Axis Powers to quell its civil war choose not to join the Axis s. Switzerland, the nation between Germany and Italy, decided to remain neutral. Switzerland remained neutral even during World War I. This neutrality, combined with a German enclave, created weird situations.
Büsingen am Hochrhein:
Situated in the southern tip of Germany, Büsingen am Hochrhein belongs to the Baden…
