Irish Men and Women in the Second World War
Irish Men and Women in the Second World War The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Second…
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Irish Men and Women in the Second World War
The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Second World War. In this updated edition, new sources and careful examination show the numbers of Irish in the UK forces--at over 133,000--to be higher than hitherto believed. It led the way for further study and the author has continued to research the subject, especially the numbers of Irish who served.
They served in every service and every theatre of war as their stories show. That figure includes over 66,000 personnel from ire and some 64,000 from Northern Ireland. Irish soldiers fought in France and Norway in 1940, in the Middle East and Burma, in Italy and in the campaign to liberate Europe.
Irish sailors hunted the Graf Spee and Bismarck and protected convoys from U-boats while Irish airmen protected the UK in 1940 and took the war to
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