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At a series of meetings in 17–26 June 1940, during and after the Battle of France, British envoy Malcolm MacDonald brought a proposal to end the partition of Ireland and offered a solemn undertaking to accept "the principle of a United Ireland" if the independent Irish state would abandon its neutrality and immediately join the war against ...
De Valera's reluctance to recognise a difference between World War II and previous European wars was illustrated by his reply to a radio broadcast by the British Prime Minister, Churchill on V-E Day. Churchill praised Britain's restraint in not occupying Ireland to secure the Western Approaches during the Battle of the Atlantic:
Mini-series about Australia's relationship with its allies during World War II 1984 1984 Ireland Caught in a Free State: 1984 1984 East Germany Front ohne Gnade: 1984 1984 United Kingdom The Jewel in the Crown: The last days of the British Raj during and after WWII in India. Based on the four novels by Paul Scott known collectively as "The Raj ...
Year Country Title Director 1973 United Kingdom The World at War: Miscellaneous 1974 Israel The 81st Blow (המכה ה-81): Haim Gouri: 1976 United Kingdom The Memory of Justice
“Recording Evil,” a landmark documentary project exposing the largest spy operation in World War II, has started filming across three continents. The documentary was commissioned by Israel’s ...
A history of the Northern Irish conflict from 1968 to 1978, including the origins of the IRA and the conflict itself. [23] 1979 documentary The Outsider: Tony Luraschi Craig Wasson, Sterling Hayden, Patricia Quinn, Niall O'Brien: An Irish-American man travels to Ireland during the 1970s and joins the IRA. [24]
The Irish Free State declared itself a neutral country in 1922, and Ireland remained neutral during the Second World War; although it allowed Allied military aircraft to fly through part of its airspace, and shared some intelligence with the Allies (see Irish neutrality during World War II). During the Cold War, it did not join NATO nor the Non ...
10 March – The United States alleged that Ireland's neutrality was operating in favour of the Axis Powers during World War II. 13 March – Winston Churchill banned travel and communication between Britain and Ireland, north and south. [1] 22 March – The Cymric (Captain C. Cassidy) was lost between Ardrossan and Lisbon: 11 dead.