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.
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