Above: Crowds watch Swiss soldiers mobilising at Basle in August 1914, as the rest of Europe plunged into war

Wartime Switzerland: an overview

What effects did the First World War have on Switzerland and the Swiss people?

Please choose from the list below, or from the "History" section of the drop-down menu above. 

Switzerland before 1914
Swiss neutrality
August 1914: the outbreak of war
Wartime life and politics
Scandals, espionage and exiles