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  • Germany Calling was an English-language propaganda radio programme broadcast by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. It was aimed primarily at audiences in the British Isles and North America, using news, political commentary and entertainment to promote the German regime’s version of the war. Each broadcast opened with the distinctive announcement: “Germany calling! Here…

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  • Although the Republic of Ireland was neutral and was left largely unscathed during the war, Northern Ireland as part of the UK was not that lucky. Belfast being the biggest city of Northern Ireland was hit by German bombers 4 times, between the 7th of April and 6th of May 1941. Northern Ireland was ill…

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  • It has always been a puzzle to me why Ireland stayed ‘neutral’ during WWII. Aside from the German attacks on Irish merchants ships. The country was also bombed several times in deliberate acts of war against the republic. Forgotten History-Irish WWII Losses   On 26 August 1940, the German Luftwaffe bombed Campile in broad daylight.…

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