Ireland and World War 2

Answer 1

150,000 Irish people North and South volunteered to fight against Nazi tyranny in Europe, at least 10,000 of whom were killed while serving in British uniforms. Secretly: they provided Atlantic weather reports that especially helped in the D-day landings, repatriated stranded British servicemen, captured German spies, and allowed an air corridoor for anti submarine patrols beyond Donegal.
The Irish Free State (as it then was) kept out of the war. Northern Ireland fought as a part of the United Kingdom.

Answer 2

Ireland was a neutral country during World War II. It was weakened by its revolution twenty years before, political unrest and the partition. Ireland wouldn't join the allies because of its tense relations with Britain and they had no love for the Axis, clearly demonstrated by the fact that Hitler had a plan to invade Ireland.

Answer 3

Neutral

No, not quite. France joined the Allies when Hitler invaded Poland, but was taken over by Germany in 1940. France was divided between a Nazi-occupied north and, in the south, a puppet regime headed in the city of Vichy. A French resistance fought alongside Britain and later America until the country was liberated before the end of the war.

Answer 4

Officially, the country of Ireland was neutral.

Answer 5

Ireland (the 26 county free state) was neutral during WWII, per its constitution.

Answer 6

Eire (the Republic of Ireland) did not fight in World War 2. Northern Ireland, as a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland fought on the Allied side.

Answer 7

Ireland was neutral during World War II, so Ireland did not take part. However, many Irish people became soldiers in the British army and fought in the war. See the link below.

Answer 8

nothing really, it didnt effect Ireland at all!

Answer 9

Ireland was neutral. There was a lot of anti-English sentiment in Ireland though, and because of that, some people sympathized with the Nazis.