France-Switzerland War
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War Statistics - French Front
| Battles Fought | 3 (France 3 vs Switzerland 0) |
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| Fights Won | France 141 vs Switzerland 188 |
| Draw Fights | 72 |
| Total Fights | 401 |
War Statistics - Italian Front
| Battles Fought | 2 (Italy 1 vs Switzerland 1) |
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| Fights Won | Italy 181 vs Switzerland 419 |
| Draw Fights | 129 |
| Total Fights | 729 |
This was the first war in which 2 countries attacked another country at the same time.
The global diplomatic context of the New World ca. April-May 2008 has to be considered prior to understand the causes that lead to this war.
- April 21st, 2008 Sweden invades Denmark with no particular reason.
- April 21st, 2008 Norway invades Finland
- May 1st, 2008 Sweden invades Germany claiming the MPP between Germany and Indonesia is a threat for its southern borders
- May 1st, 2008 Norway invades Russia
For some countries of the Mediterranean Alliance, the Northern Alliance's greed seemed to be a proven threat. Moreover Switzerland refused to sign MPPs with France and Italy but accepted to sign a MPP with Norway. It seemed that Switzerland became a puppet country of the NA. A reaction had to be set up.
The two attacking countries declared that if Switzerland would not have signed a Mutual Protection Pact (MPP) with Norway, a full member of the NA and a loyal allied of Sweden, then this war would have never taken place.
Of course Switzerland posed little threat to the two nations in any way, mainly because of Switzerland's meager population of only 200, when compared to the combined population of the two attackers, which was 1400 (approx.) at the time. Switzerland assured France and Italy that the MPP was simply for protection, however they attacked the country regardless, with many international protests, including from one of their own allies, Spain at the time. It should be noted that a NAP was in the talks between the MA and Switzerland at the time, though they had obviously neglected this point and the fact that many other nations had signed MPPs with Northern Alliance nations before Switzerland had done, Switzerland had no intention of joining the Northern Alliance.
The attacking nations posted demands on the eRepublik forum for Swiss surrender, claiming the full repayment of losses for waging war and an immediately withdrawal of the MPP with Norway, this however could never have prevented war as the Swiss did not possess the gold to do this, regardless and the Swiss President did not become aware of the war until events had already unfolded and Italian and French congressmen had passed the bill for war.
Switzerland was aided by the Nordic Nations, such as Norway in the war in a massive way allowing the successful defense of Switzerland in the first few days. Hope was however lost when, despite the obvious flaws of the much larger Italian and French forces, Switzerland proved unsustainable as not enough supplies/ men could be brought into the nation at the time to save it. Also the influx of highly trained forces from Pakistan helped to tip the balance in the favour of the coalition. The attack on two fronts appeared to be a great bright stroke, leading to some confusion in the defending Swiss Army and NA's mobile troops while both French and Italian proved to be well organized.
In the aftermath, Switzerland was divided between France and Italy and tension grew even more in Europe, that was already divided into power blocks. Italy gained Chur after in the end, it can be regarded as the most costliest region as Italy spent over 
1200 GOLD on war to obtain it, France and Italy despite a victory gained little from the war and were damaged in the eyes of the international community.
However, History shows Sweden and Norway have invaded many harmless regions compared to this 4-region war. Their international reputation remained quite bad.
Almost all Swiss citizens fled the two invading nations, though a resistance group intent on restoring Switzerland is already making itself known in the media in France.
