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Ireland’s Wars: The Gallipoli Debacle

Posted on Sep 12, 2017 by NFB

The established Irish regiments of the British Army had been battered and bloodied in the Gallipoli landings, with the larger effort floundering on isolated beachheads, that soon closer resembled the trenches of the western front than the more mobile affair … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The First World War Begins

Posted on Aug 1, 2017 by NFB

The origins of the First World War have been long-debated, and bare little going into, bar the basic particulars. In the summer of 1914, a generations worth of international and intranational tensions – the naval arms race between Britain and … Continue reading →

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