12-01-2006, 09:02 PM
Quote:I don't know about Portugal but in the case of Switzerland Allied planes that were damaged during raids over Germany tried to land on Swiss territory if they couldn't make it back to their home bases. Since Switzerland pursued a policy of absolute neutrality soldiers of combatant nations were interned and their equipment turned of to the appropriate authorities.
That is completely different. The Swiss basically spread themselves and bent over backwards to stay neutral in WW2, so it's not a surprise that they were afraid to openly take sides.
The Russians, while were technically not at war with Japan at the time, were NOT neutral in any sense of the word, and they were definately NOT afraid of Japan in 1944. In '44, they were not afraid of anybody.
-A