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Ireland’s Wars: The Curragh Mutiny
Coming out of the wave of volunteering in 1912 and 1913, and then the unrest of the Lockout, 1914 was earmarked as a momentous year in Irish history. Under the new rules governing what the House of Lords could and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1914, asquith, british army, curragh mutiny, French, history, home rule, ireland, irish volunteers, paget, seeley, ulster volunteers, war
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Ireland’s Wars: The Irish Against Napoleon
The course of the French Revolutionary Wars and the subsequent Napoleonic Wars bears little going into. Between 1792 and 1815, France fought numerous conflicts against a series of opposing coalitions. What began as a conflict of mere survival for the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 27th, 6th, 87th, 88th, 89th, british army, france, history, ireland, napoleon, peninsular, revolutionary remembrance, war, waterloo, wellington
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Ireland’s Wars: The Royal Irish Regiment
There were/are a large amount of “Irish” regiments within the British Armed Forces. Just check out this Wikipedia Category page, that only lists the defunct ones. The matter is complicated by the frequent creation and then extinction of these units, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged '15, 45, austrian succession, british army, history, ireland, jacobite, minorca, rir, royal irish regiment, seven years war, spanish succession, two kings, war
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The Junior Officer’s Reading Club by Patrick Hennessey
One of the core archetypes you will find in military based fiction is that of the British officer: uptight, a strict disciplinarian, moustached, traditional, posh, asshole (especially to rankers). It’s not a completely underserved stereotype and it is far from inaccurate in … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Books, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Iraq, Middle East, Reviews, War
Tagged Afghanistan, ana, baghdad, books, british army, grenadier guards, helmand, Iraq, memoir, officer, patrick hennessey, reviews, the junior officers reading club, war
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It Is Not War #5: Michael Collins
A nice short one this time. Neil Jordan’s biopic of the iconic revolutionary is rightly lauded as a fine piece of filmmaking. Neeson, simply put, is Collins for those two hours and the supporting cast (even Julia ‘This is my Oirish accent’ … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, It Is Not War, TV/Movies, War
Tagged artillery, british army, easter rising, gpo, irb, ireland, it is not war, liam neeson, michael collins, movie, neil jordan, war
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About The British Army…
It may seem like I was going a bit overboard yesterday. Certainly, I didn’t mean to imply that Great Britain and its armed forces are now bit players. But they are weakened. Military force, whether we like it or not, … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Politics, War
Tagged Afghanistan, armed forces, british army, cuts, great britain, Iraq, warfare
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The British Army Is About To Get Gutted…
…if this report is true. Good God, 40%? The Royal Marines merged with the Paratroopers? The RAF cut to WWI levels? The long-standing armoured brigades in Germany halved? This is actually a huge moment in the history of the United … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, War
Tagged 40%, armed forces, british army, cuts, decline, eufor, military, navy, raf, royal marines, united kingdom, warfare
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