Meanwhile in Switzerland

I moved back to Geneva and as a token of appreciation to my home town read "Histoire Suisse" by G. Nappey, drawings by Mix&Remix.

Some people may remember Orson Welles´ cuckoo clock speech from The Third Man. In fact it could hardly been more wrong. Switzerland has never seen 400 years of uninterrupted peace, though of course actual invasions to Swiss territory have been rare.

Most recently Switzerland almost disappeared after several cantons declared themselves as French supported republics after the French Revolution. Moreover in the mid 1800´s, some cantons wanted to break away from the confederation, starting a short civil war.

Another interesting thing: Luftwaffe against Swiss Air Force during WWII, reported by A. Calder in his "Gods, Mongrels and Demons". Luftwaffe routinely violated the Swiss air space, both knowingly and by accident. The Swiss had bought Messersmith airplanes before the war and thus had the same planes as the Germans. However, the Swiss knew their terrain well and most often won against the Luftwaffe pilots.