July 19, 2026

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Switzerland: Neutral or Nazi Ally? – WW2 Special

After the fall of France in June 1940, the neutral Swiss are surrounded by a hostile expansionist power. So how do they manage to survive the conflict largely unscathed?

Source list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson

Written by: Lennart Visser and Francis van Berkel

Director: Astrid Deinhard

Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson

Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer

Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle

Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns

Research by: Lennart Visser

Edited by: Karolina Dołęga

Sound design: Marek Kamiński

Map animations: Eastory

Colorizations by: Adrien Fillon and Cassowary Colorizations

Sources: Pictures of Swiss Army by Strübin Theodor courtesy of Archäologie und Museum Baselland Lizenzbedingungen, Bundesarchiv, Imperial War Museums: HU56131, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich: 03258, LBS MH05-02-04, M01-0756-0001, Fortepan:3889, 92301, National Archives, Staatsarchiv Bern P362, Plan of the defence lines of the National Redoubt courtesy of Augemit from Wikimedia Commons, Picture of Swiss Soldiers with anti-aircraft gun courtesy of Paebi from Wikimedia Commons, Picture of Swiss aircraft in 1943 from theM.Pilloud, Archive familiale, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: Other Sides of Glory – Fabien Tell, Moving to Disturbia – Experia, Remembrance – Fabien Tell

Archive by Screenocean/Reuters https://www.screenocean.com.

A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.