During World War II, the neutral country of Switzerland underwent initially sporadic bombing and aerial combat events that became more frequent during the later stages of the war.
Swiss Army officers standing over debris after an Allied bombing in Oberstrass, Zurich, on 4 March 1945
A Swiss Messerschmitt Bf 109, which served as the backbone of the Swiss Air Force during World War II. Swiss Bf 109s were regularly used by the Swiss Air Force to intercept Allied bombers flying over Switzerland
Letter from OSS director William J. Donovan regarding bombings of Swiss towns.
Wauwilermoos internment camp
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Wauwilermoos was an internment camp and prisoner-of-war penal camp in Switzerland during World War II. It was situated in the municipalities of Wauwil and Egolzwil in the Canton of Lucerne. Establishe
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Aerial photograph of the Wauwilermoos camp area in mid-1944
Wauwilermoos camp in late 1944
USAAF B-17 and B-24 bombers interned at Dübendorf airfield
Wauwilermoos moorland