Comments on: Secret Swiss Forts

By: Slovenian Guest

Slovenian Guest — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:53:29 +0000

You should do a follow up post on Projekt-26 and or Operation Gladio. Those were stay-behind anti-communist paramilitary networks. Oddly enough never mentioned on your blog...

By: Grasspunk

Grasspunk — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:39:05 +0000

This reminds me of La Place de la Concorde Suisse written by the amazing John McPhee. I once worked with a Swiss and talked with him about this book. He said the Swiss had lost track of some of their secret sites over time (there were so many), but when the Soviet Union broke up documents were released that showed the Swiss where all their missing sites were. No idea if it was true but it was plausible enough to make me laugh.

By: Scipio Americanus

Scipio Americanus — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:45:59 +0000

The (fully rotatable) howitzer turret disguised as a shed was particularly amusing.

By: Marc Pisco

Marc Pisco — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:11:35 +0000

I misread that as “fonts” and thought “what, is it their secret weapon for when we get sick of Helvetica?”