Italy - HOI4 - Fortress Switzerland

28 Mar 1941: He wasn't much use in Germany so Adolf won't miss him.
29 Mar 1941: I decide to continue the lend lease to now Free France. Note that their capital is Ajaccio on Corsica.
So, the US is sending volunteers to help the Swiss.
The main German thrust appears to be coming from the west.
Germany really is in Italy's bad books.
Swiss territory north of Berne has already been captured.

Of course they did.
01 Apr 1941 and Switzerland is getting smaller.
02 Apr 1941 and the research of Recon Company II has finished.
Engineer Company II is my next project.
The M16 medium tank will be arriving soon.
05 Apr 1941 and the Swiss capital Berne is under attack.
08 Apr 1941 and there has been no further advance.
 13 Apr 1941 and Berne has been captured. Zurich is the new capital but the city is also under siege.
17 Apr 1941 and the Axis have scored major victories advancing from the west.
21 Apr 1941 and the Swiss front is holding again.
26 Apr 1942 and my M16 Sahariano tank arrives.
 I research the Semovente 75/34 next. It is the tank-destroyer version of the M16.
I allocate 5 MFs to produce the M16 medium tank.
28 Apr 1941 and Mechanized Offensive is finished.
Time to upgrade my infantry rifle. It is long overdue in fact.
29 Apr 1941 and 5 new Divisione Costieras are placed in training.
The recruitment of these divisions is almost finished.
01 May 1941: The assault continues but Switzerland is resisting.
04 May 1941 has brought an Axis advance in the north.
07 May 1941: Stalemate again.
Still no change on 10 May 1941.
14 May 1941: Zurich is captured....
 ...and Switzerland capitulates the next day.
The battle continues in the Alps. More in the next post.

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