"The Irish hated the English."
Let's see, the English invaded their country, took away their land, persecuted them for being Catholic, treated them like trash ... and there's the little matter of the potato famine. Gee, I can't understand why?
De Valera was an rabid ideologue. He has the key to the north in his hand and gave it up. If he had traded the Irish ports and 400 thousand Irishmen to fight for the Allies under Canadian command. The deal?...Northern Ireland reverts to the Republic after the war. Churchill and Devalera would have had to bite the bullet and take the deal. By 1942 the window of opportunity closed. What might have been...
Welcome to the 21st century, troll.