The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.

* 1960 – Henri Guisan, Swiss army officer, General of the Swiss Army during World War II ( b. 1874 )

The folding pocketknife and utility tool is typified by the Camper or Boy Scout pocketknife, the U. S. folding utility knife, the Swiss Army Knife, and by multi-tools fitted with knife blades.

The French Army used existing mounted squadrons of Spahis to a limited extent for patrol work during the Algerian War ( 1954 – 62 ) and the Swiss Army maintained a mounted dragoon regiment for combat purposes until 1973.

In the Swiss Army, mounted dragoons existed until the early 1970s, when they were converted into Armoured Grenadiers units.

* 1940 – General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.

Traditional pocket knives and Swiss Army Knives commonly employ the nail nick, while modern folding knives more often use a stud, hole, disk, or flipper located on the blade, all which have the benefit of allowing the user to open the knife with one hand.

Made famous by the Swiss Army Knife.

Among the distinguished foreign officers given commissions in the 60th ( Royal Americans ) was Henri Bouquet, a Swiss citizen, whose ideas on tactics, training and man-management ( including the unofficial introduction of the rifle and ' battle-dress `) would become universal in the British Army some 150 years later.

In 2010, a report by Swiss MP Dick Marty claimed to have evidence that a criminal network tied to the Kosovo Liberation Army and the Prime Minister, Hashim Thaci, executed prisoners and harvested their kidneys for organ transplantation.

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A Swiss Army exercise in 1896, painting by Joseph Clemens Kaufmann

Structure of the Swiss Army XXI

However, when Swiss Officers are involved in peacekeeping missions abroad, they often receive temporary ranks that do not exist in the Swiss Army, to put them on an equal footing with foreign officers.

From 1996 to 2001, the Swiss Army was present in Bosnia and Herzegovina with headquarters in Sarajevo.

The SHQSU is not the same as the more publicized SWISSCOY, which is the Swiss Army Mission to Kosovo.

* 1939 – Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army ( an event that can happen only during war or mobilization ).

Bringing in the German ' Southern Army ', General von Manteuffel then drove Bourbaki's army into the mountains near the Swiss border.

(...) The hope was that with Kosovo in flames NATO could intervene ..." According to Tim Judah, KLA representatives had already met with American, British, and Swiss intelligence agencies in 1996, and possibly " several years earlier " and according to The Sunday Times, " American intelligence agents have admitted they helped to train the Kosovo Liberation Army before NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia ".

After Austria had to request assistance from the United States Army, Swiss Air Force, French Air Force, and German Bundeswehr to evacuate survivors after the 1999 Galtür Avalanche a decision was taken to equip the Austrian Air Force with medium sized transport helicopters.

A Swiss company, Paiste, uses a tougher B8 bronze which is made from 8 % tin and 92 % copper in the majority of their cymbals.

The country participates in a customs union with Switzerland and uses the Swiss franc as its national currency.

The country also uses the Swiss franc as its national currency, and Swiss customs officers secure its border with Austria.

An example of a processed pizza cheese is Provel pasteurized processed pizza cheese, which uses Cheddar, Swiss, and provolone cheeses as flavorants.

: Australia, Botswana, British West Indies, Brunei, Canada ( English-speaking ), Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea ( both North and South ), Lebanon, Luxembourg ( uses both marks officially ), Macau ( in Chinese and English text ), Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland ( when the amount is in Swiss francs ), Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States ( including insular areas ), Zimbabwe.

: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada ( French-speaking ), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia ( comma used officially, but both forms are in use elsewhere ), Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Greenland, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgistan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg ( uses both marks officially ), Macau ( in Portuguese text ), Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa ( officially ), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland ( when the amount is not in Swiss francs ), Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam.

There is a record, however, of the manuscript of the speech of 18 June, which has been found in the archives of the Swiss intelligence agencies who published the text for their own uses on 19 June.

The French used to call the English les goddams after their favorite curse ; Clément Janequin's " La Guerre " which is about the Battle of Marignano, similarly uses the Swiss German curse ' bigot ', i. e. " by god!

By mutual agreement, Wenger advertises as the Genuine Swiss Army Knife and Victorinox uses the slogan the Original Swiss Army Knife.

The television show MacGyver features Angus MacGyver who frequently uses a Swiss Army knife to solve problems and construct simple objects.

The French speaking part of Switzerland uses the Swiss QWERTZ keyboard.

His surname is based on the Turkish word Yakın ( meaning close, adjacent ), however as he is a Swiss resident and citizen, the name which he uses is Yakin.

Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss, the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance.

Swiss alchemist Paracelsus ( 1493 – 1541 ) uses chaos synonymously with element ( because the primeval chaos is imagined as a formless congestion of all elements ).

;: The Swiss Army uses the 230 with soft top as the primary general purpose carrier, and a hardtop version as mobile radio access point.

Mind Sports South Africa, the national body for eSports in South Africa, uses a Swiss system for all its tournaments.

The DCI, the tournament sanctioning body for the card game Magic: The Gathering, uses a Swiss system for most tournaments.

The International Wargames Federation, the international body for wargames, uses a Swiss system for all its tournaments.

* Swiss International Airlines ( LX ) uses Zürich Airport ( ZRH ) ( and to a lesser extent Geneva International Airport ( GVA )).

The meaning of the term ' low-energy house ' has changed over time, but in Europe it generally refers to a house that uses around half of the German or Swiss low-energy standards referred to below for space heating, typically in the range from 30 kWh / m²a to 20 kWh / m²a ( 9, 500 Btu / ft² / yr to 6, 300 Btu / ft² / yr ).

He carries an all-purpose Swiss Army Knife in a lidless soda can strapped to his back and uses its various bladed objects, tools and household objects ( like a flyswatter ) as weapons.

Two Swiss narrow-gauge railways also have locomotive nicknamed Crocodiles ; the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn ( BVZ ) ( which merged with the Furka-Oberalp-Bahn ( FO ) in 2003 to form the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn ) uses series HGe 4 / 4 I, known as the Zermatt crocodile, while the Chemin de Fer Yverdon-Ste.