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Tango0109 Feb 2013 11:41 a.m. PST

That's a trully friendly war!.
150.000 troops involved – 100 casualties.

"…The war was a month-long battle inside Switzerland between the reform-minded, predominantly Protestant federal government and a rebel army of conservative Roman Catholics. And while civil wars can be among the bloodiest and most acrimonious of all armed conflicts (especially if there is a religious subtext), this particular contest was utterly genteel by comparison.

Need proof? Consider the fact that the nationalist army commander actually refused the government's offer to equip his troops with Congreve rockets because he feared the weapons might cause too much harm to the enemy. That same general also passed his battle plans along to the rebel leaders — not because he was a traitor, but rather that he wanted to convince his opponents to surrender and avoid needless bloodshed. And the humanity wasn't confined to one side — citizens of rebel towns greeted federal invaders with open arms. Then there were the war's battles, largely bloodless affairs. The fighting itself only lasted for three weeks. And out of 150,000 combatants, fewer than 100 died in action. As for the wounded, there were even standing orders to national troops to provide medical care to the injured enemy. Now you can see why the Sonderbund War just might be the most polite conflict in history…"
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Maybe you can wargame it somewhat more agressive?

Amicalement
Armand

KTravlos10 Feb 2013 12:05 p.m. PST

The Swiss were quite able to kill each other. Did so on many occasions before 1806.

But Henry-Dufour deserves respect.

Buckeye AKA Darryl15 Aug 2015 5:49 p.m. PST

One day Tango will provide us with something new…in the interim it would be grand if the rehashing of previous topics would cease as it is getting rather old:

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