Another well-researches and produced episode. I'm learning a lot about the detailed happenings around the war of independence through your programmes. Thank you.
Most watching these (excellent) videos have not yet awaked to the fact that Éire is now overrun. Looking at the valor and the sacrifices of our poor long-suffering ancestors is MEANINGLESS if ye cannot see that we, na hÉireannaigh have now all but lost our country, in less than 5 years-without ONE shot being fired? 😢😢☘☘
There were plenty of shots fired. The Japanese bombarded Singapore from the Malay mainland and some British led units, mainly Australians, engaged them in order to slow them down. But yes, an executive decision was made by British GHQ in Singapore to surrender. This involved also the surrender of thousands of freshly arrived Indian troops who never got their chance to "fire a shot".
They were not soldiers,but paid killers,those that were soldiers in world war 1 had in Ireland given up any idea of discipline or decency,as for the Essex regiment,cockneys who hated the Irish then as they still do now,truth hurts.Irish young people in the republic have forgotten this history.
There is a lot of people in the Essex County who were born on the island of Ireland or are descendants of people born there. I presume you are aware of this?
@@billycaspersghost7528 20s a grown man if those so called soldiers want to die for britain let them go die and leave our island of ireland to our own affairs
@@Ann65.No! Ye sound just like the Shinners of today! "Brits out! Everyone else in!" Have ye not yet awaked to the fact that Éire is now overrun? Looking at these excellent videos is MEANINGLESS if ye cannot see that we, na hÉireannaigh have all but lost our country, in less than 5 years-without ONE shot being fired? Oh, but yes: "Brits out". Yay. Whoopie. 😢😢☘☘
Go read some propaganda like the magazine An phoblacht if bombing woman and children gets you excited you work away thats part of the reason it will take a long time before we trust you lot again up here in ulster anyway as someone that has lost family members to IRA bombs nothing glamorous or heroic sitting behind a hedge a mile away detonating a bomb you will find that many old IRA vets did not agree targeting civilians some 50 60 years later
