Swiss Civil War

The Swiss Civil War (German: Der Schweizer Bürgerkrieg) was a conflict between the Alliance of Central European States (mainly, , and ) and the. The conflict began on January 22nd, 1956, 12 days after the nation of seceded from the. The issued to  a 24 hour ultimatum, and promptly declared war after their demands were refused. The Alliance of Central European States, which had accepted into the Alliance only two days prior, declared on the  and mobilized troops in  and. The other members of the Alliance were uninvolved in the conflict, due to being too far from the ; they were unable to mobilize enough troops in time to make a difference. On January 30th, and  troops stationed near the  border entered the country and engaged the  troops. The Alliance, mobilizing about 590,000 troops, succeeded in defeating the forces within approximately a month of combat. After surrender on March 1st, 1956, land was seceded to, and reparation money was to be paid to  and.