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Ireland’s Wars: Irish Neutrality During The Second World War

Posted on Jun 21, 2022 by NFB

It is an unfortunate reality that I have to open this entry of the series with a warning. Over ten years ago I wrote a post on this general topic entitled Suicidal Obstinacy: Max Hastings And Irish Neutrality During The … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Plan W

Posted on Jun 14, 2022 by NFB

We round of this trilogy of entries on the theoretical aspects of Ireland’s involvement in the Second World War with a look at that which both the British and Irish leadership came up with in the same period as Plan … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Operation Green

Posted on Jun 7, 2022 by NFB

The Nazi conquest of the Low Countries and France brings us to a critical point of the Second World War. Much of Ireland’s strategic position at the outset of the conflict was based around the simple reality that it was … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Phoney War And The Fall Of France

Posted on May 17, 2022 by NFB

Having looked at the initial Irish reaction to the Second World War and the early activities of the IRA for the same, it is now time to take a closer look at the war itself. Ireland was not a belligerent … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The 1939 Coventry Bombing And The End Of The S-Plan

Posted on May 3, 2022 by NFB

The S-Plan had resulted in an enormous amount of successful detonations of bombs throughout Britain, and had certainly caught the attention of the British government. But, for the most part, the explosives had not done a large amount of damage, … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The S-Plan

Posted on Apr 26, 2022 by NFB

The coming of the Second World War was, obviously, viewed as an enormous opportunity by the IRA. Their named enemy was now in what could only be described as an existential conflict with an enormously powerful foe, and the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Emergency

Posted on Apr 19, 2022 by NFB

The Irish experience of the Second World War is, in many ways, bound up with the word “Emergency”, to the point that it has become something of a recurring joke: I recall someone once writing that it equates the greatest … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Second World War Begins

Posted on Apr 12, 2022 by NFB

It may seem like a strange thing to say, but it is important not to underestimate the vast scope of the Second World War. In terms of the number of people engaged, the number of people killed and injured, the … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The IRA In The Late 1930s

Posted on Mar 1, 2022 by NFB

We have spent a number of entries discussing the Irish Free State’s, and then Ireland’s, internal politics and foreign relations, but now we must turn back to the case of paramilitary organisations within the confines of Ireland, namely the Irish … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Economic War

Posted on Jan 25, 2022 by NFB

Even while his government was dealing with the more political aspects of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in terms of tearing them down, and establishing its relationship with the IRA, de Valera was involved in a showdown with the United Kingdom that … Continue reading →

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