Switzerland and the First World War
  • Home
  • Wartime Switzerland
    • Switzerland before 1914
    • August 1914: the outbreak of war
    • Swiss neutrality in wartime
    • Wartime trade and politics
    • Scandals, espionage and exiles
  • Swiss army
    • Overview of the Swiss army
    • Weapons and equipment
    • Guarding the frontiers
    • The soldier's life
    • Uniforms
    • Mountain warfare
  • Humanitarian
    • International Committee of the Red Cross
    • Inspecting prisoners of war camps
    • Prisoners of war interned in Switzerland
    • Other humanitarian work
  • Blog
  • FAQs
  • Links
  • About
  • Contact
  • New Page

100th anniversary of First World War brings new information on Swiss involvement

3/8/2014

4 Comments

 
I set up this website about two years ago, as a way of raising the profile of the subject of Switzerland during the First World War, publicising the information that I had on this topic, and encouraging others to share information they have. This has gone really well. See the blog posts on this site with information supplied by other people, such as on a painting made by British former prisoners of war interned in Switzerland, a series of photographs of German interned former prisoners of war, and  on the Swiss national donation medal. But there was very little easily available information out there (in English at least) on Switzerland and the First World War. With the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of that conflict, this has changed and below I look at some of the interesting stories on the web.

Read More
4 Comments
    The blog will feature interesting images, objects or information relating to Switzerland and the First World War. If you have something interesting that you think could be featured here, I would be glad to hear from you! Thanks.

    Archives

    November 2015
    October 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    November 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014
    January 2014
    September 2013
    July 2013
    October 2012
    August 2012

    Categories

    All
    1914
    Archive
    Army
    Border
    Commemoration
    Frontiers
    German
    Internment
    Medal
    Mobilisation
    Post-war
    Prisoners Of War
    Ymca

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.