De Valera VS Churchill (1/6)

In his Victory in Europe Day radio broadcast (May, 1945), British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched a strong attack on the Irish governments policy of neutrality, while being hurtful to the Irish people as a whole .

De Valeras reply, also in a radio broadcast, won widespread respect and praise in Ireland from even his staunchest opponents.

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• IRA
• ireland
• devalera
• churchill

[dpinzow]

Churchill offered to give De Valera Northern Ireland in exchange for Ireland joining WWII on the Allied side...De Valera made an awful decision in refusing the offer, he could have gotten a united Ireland, but emotion overtook logic

[1798Greenflag1916]

@dpinzow He didn`t promise De Valera anything he promised to look into it, the same promise the British made during World War 1, Thousands of Young Irishmen died in WW1 on the promise it would lead to Irish Home Rule yet the British just kept postponing it and sweeping it under the carpet.

[paddy25c]

dev made the right call , Irelandwas after fight four wars , three shooting & one economic , we were in no position to fight another

[Burncourtable]

@420Crackdealer

Fuck you! stupid fuckin crackhead. Who gives a fuck

[420Crackdealer]

@Burncourtable he did give brits access to ports under the external act you fool!!!

[420Crackdealer]

@paddy25c you fucking idiot learn english you scum bag dub

[420Crackdealer]

@dpinzow your a damn fool, Churchill had no power to partition.... do you know how a parliamentary system works? you dumb dumb fool

[MrRobertJameson]

@tripper85 Churchill greatly admired the Indians, as did his father.

[tripper85]

If this fat piece of shit hated neutrals why did he detest indians who btw were slaves of the english, sacrificing their lives for the united kingdom during the war

[jamesrp007]

dev was pussy.. Catholic church up his hole

[MrWeetabixloverx1000]

@RichardElden no it wasn't