29 Aug 1939
Switzerland
Switzerland
- Switzerland mobilized about 100,000 soldiers. The Swiss Federal Council meeting at Bern decreed a state of active service throughout the country. ww2dbase [Bern | CPC]
19 Aug 1943
Switzerland
Switzerland
- Fritz Kolbe traveled to Bern, Switzerland with a diplomatic bag; he had intended to pass on German secrets to the Western Allies while in Switzerland. ww2dbase [Fritz Kolbe | Bern | CPC]
16 Feb 1971
Switzerland
Switzerland
- Fritz Kolbe passed away in Bern, Switzerland from gallbladder cancer. ww2dbase [Fritz Kolbe | Bern | CPC]
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