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Old 11th November 2008, 18:02
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Re: Why Didn't Hitler invade Ireland

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Originally Posted by Larry View Post
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.
The Irish weren't under British rule at the time, so wouldn't be swapping it for anything else.

As others have pointed out, just how were they to actually achieve this - where was a German invasion fleet? Troop transports, supply ships, escorts? The invasion of Norway greatly depleted Germany's destroyer fleet.
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