Didn’t Ireland pretty much sit out WW2?
Yes and it still has not joined NATO.
It was a tacit ally of the Nazis, but too scared of England to do anything.
I’m mainly Norwegian genetically but have an Irish name and a recent paternal Irish line. Went back to Ireland to see my cousins.
Nice, funny guys, and openly antisemitic in a not-remotely-funny way, if that makes sense. They weren’t making Archie bunker style jokes, but spoke about Jews with actual venom and hatred and a desire to “get” them.
Mind you, not one of them had ever met a Jew, to their knowledge.
I’m no political correct wokester, and was pretty disturbed. It’s a level of hatred (not “oh they’re cheap” or whatever) but “we need to kill them” venom.
They were horrified to learn my wife and I had long term Jewish friends.