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Its actually a misconception to think that Switzerland was totally neutral and was never engaged in any fighting during WW2, most history books make this error.
Germany did in fact start to invade switzerland, albeit on a very small scale, and a few lives were lost, but due to an urgent need for additional forces elsewhere the germans pulled out with the intention of returning at a later date'........which did not happen.
Meanwhile tgey saw how they could leaave switzerland alone and use the country to their advantage.
Switzerland also engaged in fighting the germans on a handful of occassions.
At a later date the swiss actually cooperated with the germans, allowing them to transport, by rail, weapons etc, the swiss also continued to trade with the germans by allowing the germans to use swiss banks as a means to finance the war.
About 6 months ago insaw a good doco, maybe on the 'World at war' series?
They explained it very well in good detail, dates, official papers interviews and footage of certain events, very interesting.
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