>>>>>>When explaining the Dutch mentality to US troops in WWII, Margaret Mead said "The Dutch are always right," adding, "In this they resemble the Americans." ;-) By which she meant that both nations have strong ideas about how things should be, and aren't afraid to say so.
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>>>>>>I'm afraid that neither nation is paramount in this area, however. I'm fairly sure that that award goes to the Swiss who complain forcibly in multiple languages if the 14:23 train is 10 seconds late. ;-)
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>>>>>And are famously neutral when the bullets fly.
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>>>>Come on, which part of neutral don't you understand?
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>>>I know a good number of Swiss and they have a great sense of humor besides being very talented in their professions.
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>>>I read a story which occurred during World War II. The story goes that the Swiss army had 500,000 men. A German Field Marshall asked a Swiss Colonel, “What would you do if I sent 1 million men to attack Switzerland”? The Colonel replied, “Sir, each man would have to shoot twice”! :)
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>>LOL, I'd wouldn't be surprised if that really happened.
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>>BTW, my reply to Mike B. did not intend to criticize him. But from experience I know, that very few know, why we became neutral. Therefore my, probably, cynic reply.
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>It's always puzzled me, not why you remained neutral, but more why Hitler ALLOWED you to stay neutral. IOW how come Hitler had no designs on CH but did the rest of Europe? Perhaps it was too much of a climb to get up there :-) Perhaps, like GB, he feared your navy.

Add Spain to the issue as a neutral country during this period.