Irish Generals
Author: Richard Doherty
Publisher: Appletree Press (IE)
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 266
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Author: Richard Doherty
Publisher: Appletree Press (IE)
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 266
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollective biography of British generals in World War II of Irish birth, parentage, or other significant Irish connections.
Author: Richard Doherty
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2010-06-15
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 1844684725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen war broke out in 1939 over 20,000 Irishmen were serving in the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force with the greatest proportion in the Army. During the war this rose to over 120,000, suggesting that about 100,000 enlisted during the war. Nine earned the Victoria Cross; three members of the Royal Navy, including a Fleet Air Arm pilot, four soldiers, including a member of the Australian forces, and two RAF pilots. The author looks at the seven Irish regiments in campaigns across the globe, at Irish soldiers across the Army, at Irish sailors from the Battle of the River Plate to the final actions against Japan, and at Irish airmen from the first bombing raids of the war to the closing days of war. Included are outstanding personalities such as the Chavasse brothers, who earned three DSOs, three DSCs and two MiDs, Bala Bredin, Corran Purden, Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane, Blair Mayne and Roy Farran, the latter pair highly-decorated SAS officers. There are also Irish generals, such as Paddy Warren who died while commanding 5th Indian Division in Burma and Frederick Loftus Tottenham, who commanded 81st (West African) Division, not to mention giants such as Alexander, Auchinleck, Montgomery and McCreery. Irish women are not forgotten in the book which also takes a brief look at the Irish in other Allied forces, including a most unusual volunteer for the US Navy whose application to serve had to be approved by President Roosevelt. He was William Patrick Hitler, a nephew of Germany's führer.
Author: Karen Garner
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2021-08-17
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1526157284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis history of Anglo-American efforts to overturn Ireland’s neutrality policy during the Second World War adds complexity to the grand narrative of the Western Alliance against the Axis Powers, exploring relatively unexamined emotional, personalised, and gendered politics that underlay policymaking and alliance relations. Friends and enemies combines the methodologies of diplomatic history through its close reliance on archival documentation with attention to new theoretical understandings regarding the roles played by personal friendships and enmities and competing masculine ideologies among national leaders. Including, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Eamon de Valera, and their close foreign policy advisers in London, Washington DC and Dublin, as they constructed national identities and defined their nations’ special relationships in time of war.
Author: Richard Doherty
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 416
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume describes the contributions of Irish volunteers during WWII. Doherty (affiliation not cited) recounts the experiences of infantry soldiers, sailors with the merchant marine, artillery gunners, pilots, civilians, and prisoners of war. Coverage extends to the stories of those few who allied themselves with Hitler, including Edward Joyce (Lord Haw Haw). The volume is illustrated with 60 bandw photographs of people and places. It is distributed by Taylor and Francis. c. Book News Inc.
Author: Desmond Bowen
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 1473814901
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is a curious paradox that, while for many centuries there has been deep antagonism between the British and the Irish, the latter have fought the former's wars with exemplary courage and tenacity. This has never been better demonstrated than when, as a result of the Irish regiments' superb service in the South African War (Boer War) at the end of the 19th Century, Queen Victoria ordered the formation of the Irish Guards in 1900 as a mark of the Nation's gratitude. Even after the trauma of Partition, Irishmen continued to serve in Irish regiments in large numbers and the tradition continued today. Indeed during the Second World War a very significant number of the most influential generals were of Irish extraction.
Author: John C. Hewitt
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
Published: 2016-04-08
Total Pages: 1082
ISBN-13: 1781173893
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Ireland's Aviator Heroes of World War II' celebrates Irish aviators who served in the Royal Air Force during the dark days of the Second World War. Individual stories have been painstakingly and extensively researched through interviews with the surviving subjects and their families, and using the original log books and service records of the men. Many of the stories contain details of the individuals' participation in important wartime campaigns, although others are limited to war service records due to a lack of surviving information. Above all this book celebrates the great courage and sacrifice demonstrated by these Irishmen during their contribution to the Allied war effort against Nazi Germany, her western allies and Japan. Many of the men included paid the ultimate price for their participation. The book is also well illustrated with many photographs, some taken by the subjects themselves.
Author: Richard Doherty
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of Irish involvement in the Second World War is one that has been in danger of being overlooked. This book seeks to ensure that the role of Irish men and women in the forces of Great Britain, Australia, United States and other Allied nations is not forgotten. Using a variety of sources, including personal interviews, published material and archives in Britain, Ireland, the USA and Australia, the author outlines the achievements of Irish soldiers, sailors and airmen in many theatres of war.
Author: Ralph Keefer
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780773511422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of two RAF fliers interned in Ireland during World War II.
Author: Bernard Kelly
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781908928009
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