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To: Cheburashka
He was one of about 5,000 Irish soldiers

How big was the Irish Army, anyway? Today, it's only 8,500.

59 posted on 12/28/2011 10:14:19 AM PST by Tribune7 (Vote Perry (or Gingrich maybe))
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To: Tribune7
How big was the Irish Army, anyway? Today, it's only 8,500.

According to Wikipedia, it went from 10,000 in 1939 to 40,000 at the end of the war.
60 posted on 12/28/2011 10:30:25 AM PST by Cheburashka (If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
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