The idea of de Valera being a fascist is false and post-war Allied propaganda to justify the invasion, yes the term Taoiseach has similarities to 'Fuhrer' or 'Duce' and de Valera did have connections to anti-treaty IRA paramilitaries and some socially conservative views, but he was democratically elected in the 1932, 1933, 1937 and 1938 elections and showed no sign of establishing a dictatorship.Easy, have Ireland not fall to Fascism in the 1930s.
Irish democracy during the 1920s and 1930s was a joke-any political party that didn't support de Valera's theocratic views was relentlessly suppressed, and the Blue Shirts were always on the prowl for "ungodly behavior." There's a good reason why modern Ireland is so left-wing.The idea of de Valera being a fascist is false and post-war Allied propaganda to justify the invasion, yes the term Taoiseach has similarities to 'Fuhrer' or 'Duce' and de Valera did have connections to anti-treaty IRA paramilitaries and some socially conservative views, but he was democratically elected in the 1932, 1933, 1937 and 1938 elections and showed no sign of establishing a dictatorship.
What if the British had not invaded Ireland during WW2 to secure the Treaty Ports? Would Anglo-Irish relations be better without the bloody invasion and resulting guerrilla war or would Britain's rule of Northern Ireland still prevent good relations?
The idea of de Valera being a fascist is false and post-war Allied propaganda to justify the invasion, yes the term Taoiseach has similarities to 'Fuhrer' or 'Duce' and de Valera did have connections to anti-treaty IRA paramilitaries and some socially conservative views, but he was democratically elected in the 1932, 1933, 1937 and 1938 elections and showed no sign of establishing a dictatorship.
There's a good reason why modern Ireland is so left-wing.
You mean the pro-treaty Blueshirts that often clashed with de Valera's anti-treaty supporters? Yes, they started supporting the government at the end but only after the Second Anglo-Irish War had begun.the Blue Shirts were always on the prowl for "ungodly behavior."
That has less to do with the alleged tyranny of de Valera (more tyrannical than the British ethnically cleansing half a million people in Ulster apparently) and more to do with the fact that the far-right was eradicated while the Soviet Union became the main opposition to British imperialism. There's a reason Ireland is known for NazBols and people who think that the Nazis and Soviets should have allied to destroy the British Empire.There's a good reason why modern Ireland is so left-wing.
Both were just as brutal towards the common people of Ireland. De Valera may not have supported the "Morality militias" as they were commonly called, but he sure as hell didn't do anything to stop them either.You mean the pro-treaty Blueshirts that often clashed with de Valera's anti-treaty supporters? Yes, they started supporting the government at the end but only after the Second Anglo-Irish War had begun.
De Valera is probably the most hated man in Irish history today. I'm not excusing anything the British did, but at least they got rid of that asshole.the alleged tyranny of de Valera
Irish people don't care bout the ideology.
They care about Connoly being the only leader whose organisation was never tainted by the brother vs brother conflicts.
I mean Dev concentrated power and he kept hitting out at those who opposed him in the civil war. There was purges. The blue shirts leadership was killed off.
The question remains though was this Irish fascist organisation killed off by Dev or by the British prior to the invasion. Anyone with sense says they were murdered by the British.
Dev set up his own Blue shirts trying to take advantage of their leaderless movement but that was nothing more than an attempt to unite a nation under constant threat of British assault.
Personally I blame Churchill. He was a butcher during the rising using his position as a cabinet member toe enforce his fascist anti anti Irish crusade. Remember the poor children murdered by the British army in 1916, their murderers pardoned under Churchill's influence. Personally I say he ordered it. Remember the British merry band of murderers driving into football stadiums and spraying civilians with machine gun fire.
Remember just a generation later how Britain enforced their rule on Ireland. How they claimed their treaty ports. How the fascist bastard Churchill had every civilian murdered with 20 miles of a 'treaty port.
Churchill Stalin and Hitler the great Butchers of the 20th century. If you want to insult anyone even to this day you call them an imperialist, a communist or a fascist.
You mean the pro-treaty Blueshirts that often clashed with de Valera's anti-treaty supporters? Yes, they started supporting the government at the end but only after the Second Anglo-Irish War had begun.
That has less to do with the alleged tyranny of de Valera (more tyrannical than the British ethnically cleansing half a million people in Ulster apparently) and more to do with the fact that the far-right was eradicated while the Soviet Union became the main opposition to British imperialism. There's a reason Ireland is known for NazBols and people who think that the Nazis and Soviets should have allied to destroy the British Empire.