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Originally Posted by Livia
Irish Republicans supported the Third Reich during WW2.
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Oh wow
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Early on, a
few fringe elements within Irish Republican movements pushed the idea that if Germany won the war they would liberate Ireland from British control, at a time when it looked very feasible that Germany was going to take all of Europe.
A lot of people were putting those pieces in place. For example -
the vast majority of the British aristocracy.
The quoted statement above is a shocker even considering the source
.