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To: dfwgator

The “neutral” bit had to do with not wanting to get punished militarily if they openly backed the Nazis and Britain won.


11 posted on 06/08/2020 10:30:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Lord Haw Haw was Irish (born in the US)


12 posted on 06/08/2020 10:32:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

“The “neutral” bit had to do with not wanting to get punished militarily if they openly backed the Nazis and Britain won.”

Their neutrality was biased towards the British. If German airmen came down in Ireland they were interned for the duration of the war. When Allied airmen came down they were allowed to slip across the border into Northern Ireland.


17 posted on 06/08/2020 10:43:30 AM PDT by FewsOrange
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