Operation Tannenbaum a 1940 round-table conference between Italian foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano and German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, also attended by Hitler. Ciano proposed that in the event of Switzerland's dissolution, it should be divided along the central chain of the Western Alps, since Italy desired the areas to the south of this demarcation line as part of its own war-aims. This would have left Italy in control of Ticino, Valais, and Graubünden. Operation Tannenbaum Operation "Tannenbaum ("Fir Tree"), known earlier as Operation "Grün ("Green"), was a planned but cancelled invasion of Switzerland by Nazi Germany and Italy during World War
A Flintstone Christmas A Flintstone Christmas A Flintstone Christmas is a 1977 animated Christmas television special featuring characters from "The Flintstones" franchise. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and is the second Christmas-themed animated work in the franchise, after the 1964 episode "Christmas Flintstone." Both feature the character Fred Flintstone taking on the role of Santa Claus. The special has been released on VHS and DVD. It is followed by two more "Flintstones" Christmas specials, "A Flintstone Family Christmas" (1993) and "A Flintstones Christmas Carol" (1994). It is Christmastime in Bedrock, and the Flintstones and the Rubbles are all getting ready for when Santa