Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein

[rberta]

I'm sure the story is elsewhere, but this just cracked me up.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Mistaken-Invasion.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Comments

[grover173]

It seems like that happened somewhere else a few years ago...I think it was Spain and Gibraltar that were involved. I don't remember the details but they were similar--someone got accidentally lost, crossed a border, hijinx ensued...

[summergrey]

Close. Great Britain accidentally invaded Spain this past summer when they were conducting a naval exercise intended to land on Gibraltar and...missed.

As M describes it: "Royal Marines presumably not correctly reading their GPS went ashore slightly to the right of the desired location. Bemused Spaniards and humour ensued, etc."

[grover173]

That's the one I'm thinking of, yep! :)