I happen to have this book in my collection of old Swiss militaria.
I can't find a PDF anywhere, so I wonder if /k/ would want me to scan the book and then share it here?
It's in German though and it's about how a soldier and their family should behave during an invasion of Switzerland. They also show how to conduct guerilla operations and what civilians should do when they occupy Switzerland.
It's quite interesting even though it's from 1959.
>>30572040
Yes, and see if you can't find someone to translate it too.
I could translate.
Soldierbook.
Next page pls.
>>30572092
I could translate it since German is my mother tongue.
>>30572092
I can translate. Both Swiss and serving military
>>30572110
It's like 300 pages man.
>>30572092
Just post it
>>30572121
Then better start asap
>>30572040
I have it too. I'm swiss so i could translate a bit if you like
>>30572115
do it Swissbro
post steam and you'll probably be rewarded.
>>30572040
Bumping in the hopes that OP is serious.
>>30573151
I'm serious. I've scanned half the book now. Tomorrow I will scan the rest and make a PDF.
>>30572153
>swiss
>good at war
Non this meme again.
>>30573536
>implying we didn't have the most badass mercenaries Europe has ever seen.
Conquering switzerland is easy, just offer every family 5 swiss shekels for accepting a different flag (they speak all the languages of the nations that would invade them anyway).
>5 Froanken oi supi, ja ja heil hitlerr
>>30573780
>>30573780
Sure
>>30573536
No, they were the best as mercenaries and now they're the best as having an impregnable country
Is it true Switzerland was founded/united by a group of Knights Templar or is it just a dumb rumor?
>>30573780
>>30572040
All my want
>>30574032
It's a dumb rumor, it was founded by 3 states of literal farmers. There weren't any knights
>>30574032
Literally the first time I hear that
>>30572040
Can you please, please Scan dat shit and Upload it?
>>30574150
He already said he's doing it
>>30574032
>>30574057
>>30574149
It wasn't founded by them but a lot of knights did flee to Switzerland. Templar's were one of the first to practice banking...something the Swiss are known for obviously more than their neutrality or their little multi-tools. This combined with the fact that those 'farmers' managed to hold off the likes of the Holy Roman Empire and France with superb military tactics shows that they had some influence at least in that young nation.
>>30574503
Actually the Jews were the only one who could be practicing banking because Christian religion forbid it back then. Loans and interests were Devil's work
>>30574719
By 1150, the Order's original mission of guarding pilgrims had changed into a mission of guarding their valuables through an innovative way of issuing letters of credit, an early precursor of modern banking. Pilgrims would visit a Templar house in their home country, depositing their deeds and valuables. The Templars would then give them a letter which would describe their holdings. Modern scholars have stated that the letters were encrypted with a cipher alphabet based on a Maltese Cross; however there is some disagreement on this, and it is possible that the code system was introduced later, and not something used by the medieval Templars themselves. While traveling, the pilgrims could present the letter to other Templars along the way, to "withdraw" funds from their accounts. This kept the pilgrims safe since they were not carrying valuables, and further increased the power of the Templars.
Knights Templar playing chess, 1283
The Knights' involvement in banking grew over time into a new basis for money, as Templars became increasingly involved in banking activities. One indication of their powerful political connections is that the Templars' involvement in usury did not lead to more controversy within the Order and the church at large. Officially the idea of lending money in return for interest was forbidden by the church, but the Order sidestepped this with clever loopholes, such as a stipulation that the Templars retained the rights to the production of mortgaged property. Or as one Templar researcher put it, "Since they weren't allowed to charge interest, they charged rent instead".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Knights_Templar
>>30574799
>Knights Templar playing chess, 1283
Fugg, meant to delete that.
>>30573501
Noice.
>>30573501
Thank you sir!
Have a sideways K31.
>>30572040
>>30572115
>>30572253
>>30573622
Just how many Swiss bros are there on /k/? It seems like there are more of you guys than any other European group, except maybe Britbongs.
