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Switzerland is an exporting nation, whose economy is dependent on sale of goods to other countries. Switzerland is landlocked with no direct trading route to the sea, except down the Rhine River through Germany. Switzerland has little in the way of natural resources, and much of its land is unusable for agriculture. The country must import all fuel, including coal and oil, plus much of the food for the population comes from outside the country. During the horrors of the Nazi era of World War II, Switzerland stood alone in Europe, a tiny democracy surrounded by the Axis powers. To the North was Nazi Germany, to the East stood the Ostrich, which was formerly occupied Austria, but had then become a German province. On her western border, Switzerland faced German occupied France, and in the South was Fascist Italy. Switzerland was a nation held captive within its own territory.
It may be said that her only choice was to cooperate with Germany, to avoid a direct assault. Others claim ...