wrong!!!! we were and continue to be neutral
in fact Irish neutrality was biased in favour of the allies.
1 All weather reports were banned from public broadcast fearing axis interception, they were passed to Britain however.
2Naval observers reported U-Boat activity to the British admiralty(Unlikely therefore that we were refuelling them!)
3 British intelligence was brought in to co-operate in a search for possible axis spy rings operating in Ireland.
4 Axis airman who crashed in Ireland were interred in the Curragh army basefor the war's duration. Allied air-crews however were returned across the northern border .
5 A joint defense plan was drawn up between Ireland and Britain in case of invasion. Funds were held in Dublin banks to pay british troops if required.
6. The bombing of Belfast was a high point in North South relations because Dublin dispatched ambulances over the border to help with casualties, something welcomed by even the Northern Unionists.
7 Irish citizens were free to join allied armies and return to Ireland without recrimination even if they had deserted the Irish army to do so.
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by O'Mankie:
A radio talk show host made a good comment on the subject this morning.
"If it weren't for the two countries the Irish seem to have the most disdain for, England and America, we'd all be speaking German and goose-stepping down Grafton Street"
Didn't the Irish originally side with the Axis powers in WWII just so they wouldn't have to be allies with the British? [/b]
