At least our textbooks don't refer to WW2 as "The Emergency"! How was WW2 a emergency for Ireland when Ireland never entered the war?limerickman said:Your country's education textbooks are factually incorrect : how else can you explain why those textbooks state that your country won the Vietnam war ?
Do Irish history books tell about IRA involvement with the Nazi's? Does it tell about the Kathleen Plan?
Do the Irish books tell us about Sean Russell? He was buried at sea from a German u-boat with full Nazi honors. They even erected a statue in his honor in Dublin.
http://www.victims.org.uk/russellstatue.jpg
"enduring symbol of Ireland’s shame".
Do the history books in Ireland tell us about Eoin O'Duffy? He promised ****** he could raise a "Green Legion" to fight for the Germans on the eastern front.
Is it coincidence that the Irish prime minister and president were the only neutral government leaders to offer condolences upon ******'s death?
Here is a quote from the prime minister about offering condolences....
"would have been an act of unpardonable discourtesy to the German nation and to Dr. Hempel himself. During the whole of the war, Dr. Hempel's conduct was irreproachable. ... I certainly was not going to add to his humiliation in the hour of defeat."