World Wars
Irish history and interest stories surround World War I and World War II. The First and Second World Wars continue to be remembered and rightly so, "lest we forget".
VE Day, the end of WWII in Europe, was marked with civil disturbances around Dublin
Lord Haw Haw: Hitler's infamous Irishman hanged for treason
WWII "Éire" sign to be visible to passengers flying into Dublin Airport
Repair work begins to save the USS The Sullivans
WWII hero Captain Tom Moore dies of COVID
1945 - In a radio broadcast, Churchill accuses de Valera's government of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese
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