Today is Armistice Day in the UK, and many of you may have paused at 11am for two minutes of silence to mark the day. There are no doubt thousands of poppies being worn across the land, in a variety of different colours. And that woman (what's on wor stamps n monies) will have led a memorial service in London town.
Here it's a different story. The last war Switzerland actively took part in was back in the C19th, and the country has been neutral since 1815 (one year less than Sweden). So today there have been no poppies, no silences and no memorials. The First World War simply didn't happen here, and life continued as normally as it could. As it does today.
yes its been a lot of red about the place remembering the war hereos......... sad but true, how different would it have been if we had not take part in the war then or now........
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