[Larry]

On a recent trip to Ireland it came as a surprise to learn that so few people lived there. So why didn't Hitler invade Ireland in 1940 after Dunkirk? After all the Irish had a very small army and miles or unprotected coastline.

The Irish obviously would want to swap British rule for the Nazis version but there was still alot of anti British feeling there at the time, so perhaps they may have 'agreed' to the passage of the German Army up to Northern Ireland, in a similar way that Bulgaria allowed German troops to cross their country in early 1941 while at the same avoiding war with Russia.