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Switzerland Invades (Accidentally) | Tales From the Bottle

Qxir | January 29, 2026



Switzerland is famously neutral – they don’t get involved in conflict, and they would never invade another country, right? Wrong (sort of).

“Switzerland has a relatively active military due to ongoing conscription. Several incidents have occurred during routine training:
On 14 October 1968, five Swiss artillery shells accidentally hit Liechtenstein’s only skiing resort, Malbun. The only recorded damages were a few chairs belonging to an outdoor restaurant.
On 26 August 1976, just before midnight, 75 members of the Swiss militia and a number of packhorses mistakenly took a wrong turn and ended up 500 meters into Liechtenstein at Iradug, in Balzers. The Liechtensteiners reportedly offered drinks to the Swiss soldiers.
On 5 December 1985, rockets fired by the Swiss Army landed in Liechtenstein, causing a forest fire in a protected area. Compensation was paid.
On 13 October 1992, following written orders, Swiss Army recruits unknowingly crossed the border and went to Triesenberg to set up an observation post. Swiss commanders had overlooked the fact that Triesenberg was not on Swiss territory. Switzerland apologized to Liechtenstein for the incident.
In March 2007, a company of 171 Swiss soldiers mistakenly entered Liechtenstein, as they were disorientated and took a wrong turn due to bad weather conditions. The troops returned to Swiss territory after they had travelled more than 2 km into the country. The Liechtenstein authorities did not discover the incursion and were informed by the Swiss after the incident. The incident was disregarded by both sides. A Liechtenstein spokesman said, “It’s not like they invaded with attack helicopters. No problem, these things happen”.”

More on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations

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  5. @debilista

    January 29, 2026 at 6:47 am

    Liechtenstein is where the swiss elite do tax fraud, so obviously its in their best interest to keep it out of swiss jurisdiction and never annex it
    What are you gonna do? Demand a foreign country releases bank information from their banks? I need to get a liechtenstein bank account too one day

  10. @caffeinecommissar5868

    January 29, 2026 at 6:47 am

    Yeah, but Liechtenstein is the only country to have had a negative casualty rate in a war, the whole army – all 80 men – left, and 81 men came back; they made a friend in Italy who decided to join them.
    Switzerland is trying to do the right thing: Liechtenstein delenda est!

  19. @stargost2338

    January 29, 2026 at 6:47 am

    Little correction from the future: The last time Liechtenstein went to war, they didn't return with an extra man, they actually returned with TWO extra men, it's just that one of them left shortly after.

  22. @josegarza6763

    January 29, 2026 at 6:47 am

    I imagine at some point, Switzerland pulled out a giant cartoon hammer and got ready to swing on Lichtenstein when they weren't looking, just for Switzerland to put it away when Lichtenstein turns around.

  26. @TomIreland-v5n

    January 29, 2026 at 6:47 am

    simekne who isnt me and a friend from brazil accidentally illegally crossed the border wasted and on shrooms and driving twice in an hour. Also im in the fjture and this qxir2 doesnt seem to exist whats up with that

  30. @slimeterria

    January 29, 2026 at 6:47 am

    This happened way more often than mentioned in this Video. There is a MacDonalds couple hundred meters into France that was regularly visited by swiss soldiers during my time in the swiss army (about 10 years ago).

  34. @samuelele

    January 29, 2026 at 6:47 am

    This comment section is the internet pendant to every bar in Switzerland where one guy says a word about serving and everyone tells their funny story they experienced in the army. Gotta love it

  38. @rafadylewski7190

    January 29, 2026 at 6:47 am

    The Swiss Army is actually pretty top-notch, aside from that one tank they made in the late 60's, which had a random chance to fire its 105mm AT cannon on its own whenever the ACheater was turned on while the engine was running.

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