Druing the period my father was a tank commander (RTR 1942-1945) my research suggests that life went on almost normally in Switzerland, as it did also during 1914-18, Korea 1952, Falklands, Iraq 1992 and 2003-? etc.
What have they lost by staying out of these fights? They have the same and better gizmos of civilisation here as anywhere else plus a much more democratic system - arguably the central reason they stayed out of so many unnescessary wars - how many in the UK would have voted to invade Iraq ( or declare war on Germany in 1939) had they been asked?.

The myth in the UK is that we defeated Nazism (we didn't it was the Americans and Russians) and brought about peace and prosperity, but it is likely that Hitler's system (had he succeeded) would have broken down eventually, just as it did in the Soviet Union and China and other places - but without the loss of 20m lives. Stalin was arguably a bigger monster than Hitler, Pol Pot would be another contender. Odd that we did nothing. Now we have deposed a tyrant in Iraq and justified the act the same way as we did ridding Hitler blah blah blah, no mention of the cost in lives in this justification.

It is difficult to think of an example of govermental intervention leading to any improvement of living standards of quality of life anywhere. As I see it, the gains made have all come from scientific and technological advances. Administrations have contributed nothing except to this process except to slow it up or maybe accelerate it inadvertantly from war pressure.

Can anyone think of an exception to prove me wrong?