Eire's Neutrality - AM

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GCSE History Mapa Mental sobre Eire's Neutrality - AM, creado por Adam Montgomery el 08/09/2016.
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Eire's Neutrality - AM
  1. Attempts to persuade Eire to enter the war
    1. April 1939, de Valera declared that Eire would stay neutral if war broke out between Britain and Germany
      1. Staying neutral would not be easy for Eire as its Geographically close to Britain and had strong economic links
        1. when the germans invaded france , Britain and its empire stood alone against them.britain need al the help they could get as usa was still neutral. eire could provide critical air and naval bases for the british to use
          1. ATTEMPT 1: June 1940 after Germany had defeated France the British tried to persuade Eire to join them in a defensive agreement. if Eire allowed Britain access Britain proposed that they would provide equipment to the Irish army and agree to a united Ireland
            1. De Valera rejected this offer as Germany looked like they were going to win the war meaning they would grant a united Ireland and he felt if Eire did enter the war they'd lose their independence
              1. ATTEMPT 2: When the Japanese attacked the americans at pearl harbour on the 7th of dec, Germany also declared war on the usa. Churchill again tried to persuade de Valera to join as Britain and usa were fighting together he said in a telegram "Now or never" "A nation once again"
                1. ATTEMPT 3: Mid 1942 the battle of the atlantic was at its peak and german u-boats were sinking a lot of allied merchant ships. chuchill ask de valera for the treaty ports to be returned so the royal navy coud use them as bases for their convoy escort ships. de valera refused
    2. Benevolent Neutrality
      1. Even though Eire was neutral, it was biased towards the allies
        1. Donegal Air Corridor: secret deal in Jan 1941 made between de valera and the RAF snd later the US air force to fly over part of county donegal, which avoided a 100 mile detour around the northern tip of the county and allowed the pilots to fly and extra 100 miles out into the Atlantic to protect convoys. this broke the rules of neutrality
        2. de valera sent 13 fire engines and 71 firefighters up to belfast to help fight the blaze in april 1941 again this broke the rules of neutrality
          1. As eire was neutral it was meant to imprison any foreign servicemen who landed in eire. once again eire broke the rules and often allowed allies 'escape' over the border while german pilots and shipwrecked sailors were imprisoned.
            1. in feb 1945 de valera gace the british permission to build secret radar bases in eire
              1. Despite neutrality 43,000 people left eire to join the British armed forces , including 5,000 who left the Irish army to join. De valera made no attempt to stop them
              2. Strict Neutrality
                1. De valera rejected attempts by the British and later the Americans to persuade him to allow the allies use Eires airfields and ports. he wouldn't allow British troops on Eire soil
                  1. Refused to close the offices of the German and Japanese ambassadors in Dublin after the British and the Americans demanded he do so as they argued that they were being used as bases for spies
                    1. After the death of the fuhrer in april 1945 de valera visited the german ambassy to offer his condolences as it was custom to do so. the british and the amerivans were outraged by is but de valera defended his actions as two weeks prior, after the death of president roosevelt he went to the american ambassy
                      1. strict censorship was imposed on the irish newspaper to stop any public expression of opinion which might favour one side or the other.
                        1. The IRA was one of the biggest threats to Eire neutrality. IRA attacks on NI bases and in Britain could have provoked the British to invade Eire and startin a war between the 2 countries. De valera was also concerned about the IRA getting help from Germany. To prevent this De valera arrested and interned suspected IRA members
                2. Allies responded to Eire's Neutrality
                  1. NI : sir basil brookes and unionists were disgusted with Eires decision to stay neutral. Eires neutrality drove NI and Eire further apart.
                    1. relations warmed between both sides when de valera sent fire fighters to fight the fires raging in belfast
                      1. Britain: Britain did their best to persuade Eire to join however despite bribes eg. United ireland and pressures from the USA from 1942 De valera did not join. This annoyed and frustrated the British PM Winston Churchill and many British commanders. However a lot of the British Gov. understood De valeras position and saw Eires biased neutrality still useful in the war
                        1. USA: when the Americans joined the war in Dec 1941, more pressure was put on Eire to join the war. President Roosevelt saw Eire's neutrality 'as a serious impediment to the war effort' When US troops arrived in NI in Jan1942, De valera protested to the US embassy in Dublin saying it was 'an unwarranted interference in irish affairs'.
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