Chapter 792： Irish Volunteers

In Britain, there has always been a problem. In its strongest period, Britain almost conquered the entire world, but they did not conquer a nation close at hand.

This is Ireland. Therefore, the British hate Ireland very much, and there has even been a saying that Ireland is just a lump of **** that God pulls next to Britain.

One can imagine how bad the British attitude towards Ireland is.

From the earliest days to BC, the Irish islands were indeed the people of Great Britain in the past. After a long period of development, they formed the current Irish nation, but they have not yet established a unified country.

After the rise of the United Kingdom, it was of course coveted for the land around itself. After many wars, in 1542, King Henry VIII of England became King of Ireland. During this period, many places in Ireland opposed the British colonization. War, but there are no effective results.

In 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain were unified, and Ireland was incorporated into the United Kingdom.

After that, the Irish independence movement began. In 1916, the "Easter Uprising" against Britain broke out in Dublin.

In 1919, it was even more significant. At that time, most of the Irish MPs who were elected in the 1918 general election refused to serve in the British House of Commons. They formed the Irish Parliament on their own, and issued the announcement in January 1919 in the name of the independent "Republic of Ireland" Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

Of course, Britain would not agree. As a result, after several years of fighting, the final result was that Britain was forced to allow the 26 southern counties to form a "Free State", and the six northern counties remained British.

After all, when emigrating back then, a large number of Scots came to Northern Ireland, and they were somehow rooted. In this way, the full name of Britain has become the United States of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is almost a shame to the empire.

Although southern Ireland was independent, they never gave up the opportunity to continue fighting. They wanted to unify Northern Ireland and become a nation.

Even in later generations, the anti-government forces in Northern Ireland have always been a destabilizing factor for Britain.

Now, Ireland in the south has just become independent, and it is hoped that Ireland in the north can also be merged.

Especially now, Britain is in a precarious manner and is about to be occupied by Germany. Under such circumstances, can the Irish be silent?

Now, the British colonies are responding to the government's call to organize troops, just like King Qin saving the country, but how credible is the arrival of the Irish?

Churchill didn't believe it.

Churchill, who ran away, came to the temporary residence, panting, and here, King George VI was kindly meeting the leaders of the Irish Volunteers.

"Your Majesty, I am from Simes County and my name is Joseph Marali. When I heard the news of the German landing in the UK, I couldn't help it anymore, so I took dozens of my own soldiers. , Detoured to Northern Ireland and came to the UK. I hope to contribute my strength to defend the UK."

Malali is a second lieutenant in his thirties. His face has wheat-colored skin that is often exposed to the sun, and his expression is serious.

"Thank you very much for your support to the Empire." At this time, Churchill had already walked in, and he immediately said, "Aren't you afraid of Oscar?"

Oscar Trainor, Ireland’s Minister of Defense, and Irish troops, should be bound by him, and just after the war broke out, the Irish government made it clear that they would strictly observe neutrality.

This is simply too irritating. All the member states of the Commonwealth almost unhesitatingly support the United Kingdom, and Ireland, which is only separated from the United Kingdom by a strait, actually wants to remain neutral!

Although there are many gaps between Britain and Ireland, when Britain is facing life and death, after all, there are people of general knowledge. Over the years of British education, these soldiers still have loyalty to the king.

"If we fail, then we will all die on the battlefield, and we are afraid of Oscars. If we win, then we should be welcomed like heroes." Malali said.

He did not expect that in history, after the victory of World War II and the defeat of Germany, these Irish soldiers who came to support Britain were not welcomed by heroes.

They were treated as deserters.

Historically, before the end of the war, a total of 60,000 Irish served in the British army, including thousands of Irish armed forces.

These fighters accounted for about 1/6 of the total number of the Irish army.

After returning to China, these people were regarded as deserters, and about 5,000 were convicted by the military court. Marali in front of him gave his life on the front line of Normandy in 1944. Even if the body returned, he was convicted.

"You understand the righteousness, and I am very touched. I believe that we will be able to win the victory of the Great Patriotic War." George VI spoke slowly and did not let his stuttering problems show up This is definitely a help in the snow.

He stood up and walked to these outstanding young people in Ireland. He wanted to shake hands with each other to show his approachability.

During the bombing of London, King George VI often did this, which made the king's reputation spread throughout London and the country.

The king is with them and fights together!

At this moment, Churchill felt that something was wrong. At that time, in London, it didn't matter how the king showed that he was close to the people. After all, Londoners were all bombed and they were credible.

But now, these Irish people just came here and said a few words of loyalty. Can they get close to George VI?

Of course not appropriate!

Churchill was embarrassed to directly stop him. After all, these people came here at the risk of not being cold.

Therefore, Churchill could only step forward a few steps quickly, blocking his body in front of the king.

At this moment, the inconspicuous Irish civilian sitting at the back, together with the civilians who came to join the army, just held up a pen in his hand, facing George VI.

"Bang." There was a soft sound, not too loud, and a small flame emerged from the tip of the pen. In an instant, everyone understood.

"Ax!" Marali yelled, and then, both arms quickly stretched over, raising the other's hands, and pressing his knees against the other's abdomen.

I didn't expect that when he was in Northern Ireland, the leader of a civilian squad that temporarily joined him was an extremist! He came here just to be against the king!

They can't step forward to save the king, so they will be regarded as malicious by the other party. They can only deal with this extremist within themselves, and the king's guards have quickly come up.