If you want to know what the actual state of affairs was with regard to equipment prior to WW 2, then get the Irish Sword publication and it tells the whole story. The Goverment and Army were more than aware of how badly they were equipped and they started a programme of buying or manufacturing as much as they could afford. They examined every weapon that was in stores and concluded that the best route was to stay with British arms. There was a large pool of Civil War weapons but most were obsolete or rusted or of odd calibres so they were scrapped or stripped for spares. Old artillery guns were either scrapped or overhauled and modernised,such as the 18 pdr,which in 1939 was still a useful field gun. Thompsons of Carlow were commissioned to make mines, grenades and armoured cars and were very successful at this. A lot of personal equipment such as uniforms and webbing were made in Ireland from civil stocks of cloth, to avoid having to buy it from the UK. Groups of Officers were sent to the USA and UK to inspect arms for potential purchase but quite often, their suggestions were refused by the Dept of Finance. Often, as war got closer, actual placed orders were delayed by the vendor countries for political reasons. Every man of the Army knew full well that they were short of everything and the country tried valiantly to rearm and refit at a time of serious national poverty.
@rodgoddard5113
2 жыл бұрын
Sean: how do we know who the ememy is ? Paddy: just shoot the ones wearing the different helmets to you Sean.....
@tim9133
2 жыл бұрын
So the English ? 😂
@wangsakamoto573
2 жыл бұрын
Or themselves ?
@barryolaith
2 жыл бұрын
At 1:22 notice all the dents in the helmets. These are Vickers helmets, made in the UK. The metal was rubbish, too soft, and offered little or no protection.
@philstothard8333
2 жыл бұрын
You get what you pay for .
@Ffhjle
2 жыл бұрын
They look like they bought whatever Britain or Germany cast off in terms of helmets.
@rowdyravingraven
2 жыл бұрын
Hitler was furious that the Irish Army purchased German style helmets from Britain. When looking for quotes, the Irish Army thought that the German helmets were too expensive and so went with the Vickers helmet.
@rogerofrhodri
2 жыл бұрын
the helmets looked very 'German' up to 1.40....
@premierlitnant1570
2 жыл бұрын
They should have bought m16 helmets from Germany, The M27 helmets where such bad quality for helmet standards.
@AnonAnonAnon
2 жыл бұрын
In 1986, the Irish Navy got a new boat. It had to wait another three years for the oars.
@davidkoehler136
2 жыл бұрын
LOL
@michaelslator64
2 жыл бұрын
The UK navy got an aircraft carrier with no planes. The US navy lost a ship worth £9,000,000,000 because of a disgruntled sailor. Meanwhile the miniscule and poorly fund Irish naval service protects national waters and carries out rescue missions in the Mediterranean. Value for money it's no contest.
@AnonAnonAnon
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelslator64 I bet you're fun at parties.
@michaelslator64
2 жыл бұрын
@@AnonAnonAnon Touchy or what? The RN cannot stop an invasion by people in dingies Now that is funny.
@AnonAnonAnon
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelslator64 Irony of your reply. You boring bastard.
@Surv1ve_Thrive
2 жыл бұрын
Irish Quartermaster: I could have sworn the surplus vendor described them as 'cheap STOLEN helmets' not 'stahlhelms'. Sorry boys, they'll have to do for yous.
@13infbatt
2 жыл бұрын
I remember those little carts still being used for fire hoses in Kilworth camp in the 2000’s..
@therealunclevanya
2 жыл бұрын
They don't look any worse than the Dutch, Danish or Norwegian forces of the same period. Ireland was desperately poor at the time.
@samuelclaessens7699
2 жыл бұрын
The Dutch looked amazing in my opinion… they had very high quality uniforms, take for example the silk linings of the uniforms and the Dutch lion on the helmets! I like these uniforms too tho! Very simple but cool!
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
These uniforms are my favourite in the whole of ww2. Would've been interesting to see if germany did invade in 1940 and both sides had stahlhelms
@samuelclaessens7699
2 жыл бұрын
@John Johnson Sir, I think you are talking about the golden age wich took place in the 17th century… the Dutch still had most of the colony’s but the productivity was greatly reduced to the point that there was no money coming back to the homeland. So I think that the wealth of the golden age was all lost by the 1940s. They were rich but from things like the trading Harbor of Rotterdam and the coal…
@glenmiller272
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting insight on the fledgling Irish army, thanks!
@eddietuite732
2 жыл бұрын
During WW2 the Irish army had an army of 140k (including reserve units) even though they weren't at war how that is fledgling is lost on me
@mojowwwav4357
2 жыл бұрын
@@eddietuite732 compared to others on the world scene it is....
@fberry5482
2 жыл бұрын
@@eddietuite732 fledgling as in young. The army was quite new then
@mckenner101
2 жыл бұрын
@@mojowwwav4357 But for a poor, relatively small and underdeveloped country like ireland was at the time, that's quite good
@iangrantham8300
2 жыл бұрын
The Irish army in 2021
@conlaiarla
2 жыл бұрын
As you are undoubtedly unaware the field kit and small arms of the Irish Defence Forces is way better than the British Army. However, there is never any point in pointing anything out to the chronically stupid.
@You-were-seen-kid
2 жыл бұрын
@@conlaiarla so that's a lie
@You-were-seen-kid
2 жыл бұрын
@@conlaiarla journalists body armour with no molle capability, making it necessary to wear a chest rig over it to hold ordinance, dmrs with sights that lose zero after firing one round, small arms rifles with no emergency battle sight, not issued first aid kits, helmets that dont facilitate nvg or hearing protection, outdated bags with little to no storage space, watch their recruitment videos and look at soldiers taping their own flashlights onto rifles, yes TAPING. The list goes on
@eddietuite732
2 жыл бұрын
@@You-were-seen-kid The British army has less tanks than Cambodia
@You-were-seen-kid
2 жыл бұрын
@@eddietuite732 and the irish have none
@stephenoneill1005
Жыл бұрын
People to this day slander Ireland for not fighting in WW2 (Even though plenty of Irish men died fighting for the British), but forget that Ireland had just been fighting the British 20 years prior. The crimes the Germans were committing were not known, so why would they have Ireland destroyed their country which was peaceful for the first time in 100s of years to fight and die with a country that they were still in the process of gaining independence from, still owned their land and had committed atrocities in their land only a couple of decades prior.
@OldAustria
2 жыл бұрын
And judging by the expressions on the faces of the combatants, they knew it too…
@dl5498
2 жыл бұрын
They knew what too
@OldAustria
2 жыл бұрын
@@dl5498 The poor quality of the helmet metal.
@irishjw
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know how well they would have fought under Irish leadership? But under American military Irish-Americans earned over 50% of Medal of Honor awarded in WW 2
@michaelslator64
2 жыл бұрын
Best British General Montgomery ,Irishman. One of the best RAF leaders, Cunningham an Irish man. First VC won by Pilot Paddy Finucane, Irish. WW2, 14 VC won by Irishmen; 13 from the Irish Free State, 1 from 6 counties, a Catholic from Belfast. The "Loyalists" sons were in Trinity while they made shirts and thanked God DeValera kept them out of the war.
@irishjw
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelslator64 De Valera son of a Hispanic father. As always fight outside of Ireland for others. Look at background of De Valera have to bring in outsider. Irish history is it not something.
@michaelslator64
2 жыл бұрын
@@irishjw DeValeras parentage is a grey area. Young girl, made pregnant by a local farmer goes to USA,; fabricated DeValera story. To counter your argument he was an American citizen who fought for Ireland. 25% of Wellingtons army were Irish. Were they warlike people or was it the best job they could get? It's easy to call them Shoneens or West Brits but at that time they did what was needed to survive.
@keithbulley2587
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelslator64 "25% of Wellington's army were Irish" - including Wellington himself!
@allanelder2711
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know how Bernard Law Montgomery was Irish considering he was born in England. He did have family connections to Londonderry and Moville (Co.Donegal).
@rayjones5771
2 жыл бұрын
looks like they had gun mounted lawnmowers.
@jdewitt77
2 жыл бұрын
Good to see a video on one of the lesser-known armies of Europe.
@richardshiggins704
2 жыл бұрын
Army ?? Boy Scouts Brigade .
@You-were-seen-kid
2 жыл бұрын
@@richardshiggins704 you wouldnt have the balls to say it to a soldiers face though you decrepit old man
@Repulse96
2 жыл бұрын
@@richardshiggins704 Lmao this guy
@pathfinderfergusfilms6630
2 жыл бұрын
Lovely Germanic uniforms. A gift from the Kaiser perhaps.
@LiamHickey2967
2 жыл бұрын
Na during early ww2 the Kaiser was having great fun chopping down trees near his house in the neatherlands , he died inbetween 1942 and 1944 there's actually a good moive him during the nazi occupation of the neatherlands will see if I can find the name
@johnpatterson8697
2 жыл бұрын
@@LiamHickey2967 I think he meant the helmets were leftovers from WWI they look like the 1916 pattern stahlhelm, with the ventilation lugs on the sides. and a more flared brim and visor
@LiamHickey2967
2 жыл бұрын
@@johnpatterson8697 ye OK well there vickers m27 helmets bru but ye I get what u mean
@mckenner101
2 жыл бұрын
Actually purchased from the Vickers company based in London
@gradualdecay1040
2 жыл бұрын
The Irish are nazi collaborators. That's what he meant!
@napoleonibonaparte7198
Жыл бұрын
Watching this, you could only conclude that the British are going to need to help them in an invasion because these lads are under-equipped badly.
@davidredmond1761
2 жыл бұрын
Uniforms were bought from Germany pre ww2 helmets look like stahlheims too and then a couple of clips of Irish Df sporting British helmets any one any info on this
@chrise842
2 жыл бұрын
I already wanted to ask why they look like Wehrmacht
@mckenner101
2 жыл бұрын
The helmets were actually from the Vickers company in England, but yeah they were based off the stahlhelm. And I think around the time the Vickers helmet was used, artillery gunners would use the British style helmets. Eventually in 1941 the whole army changed to the British brody design
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
The uniforms aren't german The tunic is basically a British Service dress tunic from ww1 but with fancier pockets, a stand up collar and dyed a dark green The trousers are basically jodhpurs and I doubt they were trying to mimic germany. The boots are British im pretty sure, while they wore leather legging gaiters with them, probably not to try mimic Germany as they are not jackboots The webbing is literally British 1908 webbing from ww1, but dyed black. The rifle is British as is the gasmask bag The helmet is technically British, but based on the German m16 design The irish wanted a non british style helmet, so they were going to choose either between the French adrian helmet or the german helmet. They found that the german helmet was the best design, but Germany couldn't give them any due to the treaty of Versailles. So they asked the Vickers company in britain to make them some helmets based in the german design. They started to use british helmets by the time of 1940 or 41. They were neutral but there was still a chance Nazi Germany was going to invade the UK and possibly Ireland. So they didnt want to have German shaped helmets if they were going to face German troops. So the best option is the brodie as they would likely be fighting with british forces, if the invasion arrived
@bouse23
6 күн бұрын
they were made in england by the same company who made the british armies uniforms
@user-zs5nr8dd1z
15 күн бұрын
I swear I saw Spike Milligan in that film.
@firewoodwizard
2 жыл бұрын
in ww2 China also made the ww1 German helmuts for their troops fighting the Japanese
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
Ww2 china got given or bought the ww2 M35 helmet from Germany. I dont know of any ww1 m16 style helmets used by china
@markaxworthy2508
4 күн бұрын
The helmets are frequently badly dented. They look more symbolic than a real protection.
@Mark-vq5dz
2 жыл бұрын
Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
@MegaJohny56
2 жыл бұрын
wow didn't know they used the coal scuttle helmet
@davehopkin9502
2 жыл бұрын
There were rather a lot of ex German Helmets on the Market after ww1!!!
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
@@davehopkin9502 I get what you mean, but these helmets are actually british made. The helmet is called the m27 helmet but mostly called the Vickers helmet. So the Irish army was going to choose between the French Adrian and the german helmet and found the german one was better. They asked germany for helmets but they couldn't give the irish any due to the treaty of versailles. So the Irish asked the Vickers company in Britain to make them some based on the german helmet
@davehopkin9502
2 жыл бұрын
I am curious why the films narrator has such an English Accent... do we know who made the film and its intended audience?
@HarborLockRoad
2 жыл бұрын
Id no idea the Irish had Lysanders...i knew about the vickers produced stalhelm copies ( sure had alot of dents in them though!) I know the rifles were british hand me downs too. But youd have expected the Irish to at least want to look more different from the british, considering the history...
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
The entire uniform is a British uniform basically. The tunic is a ww1 Service dress with fancier pockets and a stand up collar. The webbing is british, just dyed black, the rifle and the boots are british. The only things that are not British style is the jodhpur trousers, helmet and leather gaiters
@michaelross1943
2 жыл бұрын
Those old helmets look like they have seen some action.
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
Ironically they didnt see any combat. They were just made of not so good metal so they dented easy. Even more ironic is that modern reproduction of German m16s probably have more protection than these irish vickers helmets
@Karl_I
2 жыл бұрын
Stahlhelms and Lee Enfields
@charlesneilson1420
2 жыл бұрын
About 70.000 joining the armed forces, plus 200.000 doing civil work air bases etc. A lot never went back to their home country.
@imedi
2 жыл бұрын
Were they hurricanes Irish at least had front line fighter cover in the 40s unlike now
@allanelder2711
2 жыл бұрын
The Westland Lysander wasn't a fighter aircraft. The IAC had seven Hawker Hurricanes during WW2 none of which are in this film.
@eantbra
2 жыл бұрын
Looks like an episode of Dads army
@eddietuite732
2 жыл бұрын
You do realize that Dad's army was part of the British army right?
@schizoidboy
2 жыл бұрын
Likewise during the war the Irish did have a sort of Home Guard that was set up with volunteers who would in the event of an invasion act as a guerrilla force. Despite being neutral during the war the threat of the war was very real in Ireland so they had to keep their military active at this time. A few more facts aircraft of both sides were often shot down or crashed within Ireland, and the Nazis did try to work with the IRA at the time sending in agents to evaluate the group. One scary fact was Adolf Eichmann, one of the architects of the Holocaust kept track of the number of Jews who lived in Ireland, which hinted that Ireland was on the minds of the Nazis during the war.
@jacknelson8601
2 жыл бұрын
I love Ireland🍀 I have Irish blood. I am not a English troll! But damn...... it's a good thing Ireland didn't actually have to fight the Germans.....or the British!☠️
@bob1784free
2 жыл бұрын
At best they sat on their arse and let the Allies defeat NAZI Germany. At worse they aided the Germans and provided shelter for war criminals after the war.
@jacknelson8601
2 жыл бұрын
As they were truly between a rock and a hard place (Germany and Great Britain), Ireland faced a conundrum indeed. Two good reads are 'Ireland During the Second World War' by Ian S.Wood and 'Step Together, Ireland's Emergency Army' by MacCarron. Ireland had only recently achieved independence from Britain and anti-British feelings were still strong. Still, thousands of Irishmen joined the fight against Germany (and were punished for decades by the Irish government for doing so). Many thousands more (men and women) went to work in British factories.....some dieing during the Blitz. And think about this.... America tried to keep it's people out of the war, and did so until it was attacked. Spain, Turkey and others remained neutral. For the most part, Ireland kept itself out of a bloody war! Isn't that something to give them credit for?🍀🌴 My only issue is this...... Ireland's military is weak to say the least. They rely on the hated British to come to their rescue if attacked. I say this....quit freeloading off of others for your defense. Build a credible Irish Defense Force.🍀🌴
@bob1784free
2 жыл бұрын
@@jacknelson8601 it’s a very mixed picture at an individual level. I grew up in a community in the U.K. with lots of Irish who fought in WW2 and could not return to Ireland. I had relatives of Irish heritage in Liverpool who told of how they were bombed due to those in Dublin who guided the bombers. De Valera was a NAZI sympathiser and National Socialist at heart. Eisenhower wanted to invade and take over the South of Ireland as he saw it as such a risk to American forces. Chirchill talked him out of it. I guess he didn’t want to get in to that mess again.
@Mark-vq5dz
2 жыл бұрын
Thats probably why they had two types of helmet, 'Quick boys, der Tommy's arr comin up da street, switch yer hats sharpish!'
@fberry5482
2 жыл бұрын
@@bob1784free oh really is that so what about the thousands of Irish men who fought for the British, the allied airmen we returned instead of interning in POW camps like we should have, the thousands of British refugees we took in or perhaps the weather data that stopped dday from being a failure after we gave the data it had to be postponed a day but no you'd rather bitch about how we did jump to help out the same country that brutalised, raped and murdered our people,tried to destroy our language, religion and culture and stole all of our natural resources for 800 years.
@wstevenson4913
2 жыл бұрын
Cue the Benny Hill music🤣🤣🤣🤣
@grahamlait1969
2 жыл бұрын
The Irish army wasn't formed until after the end of the 1922/3 civil war and saw no active service until it served as UN peacekeepers in the newly independent Congo from 1960. Apparently when a reporter asked their commander how he thought they'd do, their commander replied by saying they'd be fine because 'Weren't they and the combatants both from countries that had suffered from colonialism?' This optimistic attitude only lasted until the Congolese rebels hijacked a tanker full of Guinness destined for the Irish contingent. Strangely enough, all hell then broke loose. The story goes that one of the Micks was captured and murdered by a bunch of local tribesmen and when his dear old Mum back in the ould sod was informed that her son had been strung up by the Baloobas, she said 'Whoy did dey have to do dat? Could dey not have just hanged him by de neck as in de normal way of such t'ings?' ... and if you believe that, you'll believe anything.
@brendanogorman3748
Жыл бұрын
it looked like a mix of Wehrmacht and the Brits
@nationalist464
2 жыл бұрын
More German army
@neal2879
Ай бұрын
What's with the Jerry helmets?
@johnpirie4804
19 күн бұрын
They’re British Vickers helmets, they were replaced by more modern British style helmets.
@francesoregan394
2 жыл бұрын
Great footage,pity the Army doesn't train young Soldiers today no wonder so many leave.
@TheA8lee
2 жыл бұрын
What do you mean, don't train them well?
@gloin10
2 жыл бұрын
Young people lead the Irish Defence Forces for various reasons. Most leave at the recruit stage because they cannot hack the initial training. In the case of the Naval Service, a lot of new recruits leave when they discover that there is NO mobile phone signal out in the North Atlantic, and the Naval Service does not offer free wi-fi. Qualified people leave because they can get far better money in the Irish or international private sector. And one reason why they can command very good salaries in the private sector is because Irish Defence Forces' training is known to be very, VERY, good indeed...
@TheA8lee
2 жыл бұрын
@@gloin10 Ok, but wouldn't that last sentence undermine the assertion that it doesn't train them well?
@Edward1312
2 жыл бұрын
They look like German stormtroopers! Not clever to have copied that look Ireland.
@stevepeebles61
2 жыл бұрын
They were very friendly to the Germans !
@mckenner101
2 жыл бұрын
They swapped them for British style helmets in 1941. If I recall correctly those helmets were first adopted in 1936 or 1937. They were also made by Vickers
@jordanomasuin8023
2 ай бұрын
And when did the Germans Ever harmed Ireland? I don't recall the Germans ever treating the Irish as second class citizens like the British did up to 1998, or causing millions to die. In fact the Germans helped stop the British oppression when they armed the volunteers during the 1916 rising. I would argue adopting the British helmet was the biggest mistake the Irish Free state army could of ever done to walk / trod in the way of the oppressor. But Alas, everyone still remembers how the Biggest empire, the world has ever seen in 1921 lost a war in their own backdoor to a bunch of Irish farmers, How all them WW1 veterans fled en-masse from the Rifles of the IRA.
@tomsoki5738
2 жыл бұрын
THEY USED STALHELMS?!?!!
@mckenner101
2 жыл бұрын
Yes and no. The stahlhelm design was used but they were made by Vickers, in London. And in 1941 they changed it to the brodie
@razputin611
Жыл бұрын
Those helmets really are shameful. Was it really such a big deal that they could not design their own?
@kevfit4333
11 күн бұрын
Ironic comment given that the current US helmet is based on the german design.
@tonysquiggs9741
2 жыл бұрын
You have to remember they had just defeated an Empire
@michellearmstrong7903
2 жыл бұрын
Just like your channel ,no content between the ears
@dl5498
2 жыл бұрын
@@michellearmstrong7903 What?
@eddietuite732
2 жыл бұрын
@@michellearmstrong7903 But they did
@allanelder2711
2 жыл бұрын
So Irish history taught in Irish schools would have one believe.
@dl5498
2 жыл бұрын
@@allanelder2711 What??
@paulritchie5868
2 жыл бұрын
German helmets ..or get it up you England.
@richardshiggins704
2 жыл бұрын
The Irish Army is still fledgling .. a bit of a joke .
@JohnJones-ct9pr
2 жыл бұрын
They performed out of their skins at the siege of Jaddotville. Ok not much since then but the Irish Army is made up of the same men who fought ( brilliantly ) for the Allies in WW1 and WW2 on land and in the air. The third highest ace of the Battle of Britain was an Irishman.
@1935rmb
2 жыл бұрын
Peek boo, Hitler saw the Irish. Now the world sees it, too.
@TheShiraz92
2 жыл бұрын
Name of these long boots?
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
They are short ankle boots but with knee high leather gaiters
@gavindouglas3196
2 жыл бұрын
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@jimbob4537
2 жыл бұрын
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@gavindouglas3196
2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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@MrMattias87
2 жыл бұрын
They wore german helmets?
@johnpirie4804
2 жыл бұрын
UK made Vickers helmets, they were replaced early in the war
@washerdryer3466
2 жыл бұрын
UK-made German helmets. Wow MrMattias87..just wow. 🤣
@stevethomas5849
2 жыл бұрын
They are pattern of the Stallhelm 1916 as mentioned before they are Vickers made from manufacturing equipment seized after the First World War. Which possibly didn't go to well on the border with UK troops seeing!German helmets whilst at war with the Germans.
@washerdryer3466
2 жыл бұрын
@@stevethomas5849 So the UK logically sold them off as they would be a liability for British forces ie. It was not an intricate plot and a nefarious deal by the Irish with the Germans as so many British commenters are actively pressing. I'm frankly sick of British accounts spamming Irish-related content with poison.
@ffspablo8739
2 жыл бұрын
They were German helmets 🤣
@MrJezvesp
2 жыл бұрын
Good to see that they haven’t changed.
@LeMerch
2 жыл бұрын
Same people who beat the Brits at their own game but ok.
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
I mean i dont think their uniform is the same now as it were in the 30s
@jimelder3335
2 жыл бұрын
Irish army lol lol
@dl5498
2 жыл бұрын
What's funny?
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
@@dl5498 Hes just an idiot troll. Fishing for angry replies. Hell probably reply to this but I wont reply back
@thebrennan8263
2 жыл бұрын
Yup the irish biys
@TheJalipa
2 жыл бұрын
Dressed like WW1 Germans
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
Ironically the entire uniform is british aside from the helmets, trousers and leather gaiters. Technically the helmet is british but its not british style
@binaway
2 жыл бұрын
The Irish government did allow RAF Sunderland flying-boats to overfly Derry in the battle of the Atlantic. To this day there are large concrete number along Ireland's west coast. Built to assist WW2 USAAF bombers which had wandered to far south on their journey to Britain.
@bobsemple07
2 жыл бұрын
?? Londonderry is british wdym
@binaway
2 жыл бұрын
correction. Air corridor over the Free State from Derry. Which the Germans never discovered.
@wattyler9806
2 жыл бұрын
I've seen a documentary about that.
@danmeehan1390
2 жыл бұрын
Okay
@Katmando376
2 жыл бұрын
They look like German Army yes Ireland you were Neutral in WW2!
@mckenner101
2 жыл бұрын
British made helmets you fool. "Oh no, these people look like germans so they were not neutral" Don't ignore the fact that ireland helped allied airmen over into NI, while detaining german airmen and sailors
@Katmando376
2 жыл бұрын
@@mckenner101 Maybe but they betrayed Michael Collins 👎
@mckenner101
2 жыл бұрын
@@Katmando376 Not these guys. This is the same army Collins commanded
@Katmando376
2 жыл бұрын
@@mckenner101 I thought this was Eamon de Valera's Army
@Katmando376
2 жыл бұрын
@@mckenner101 I met a few Irishmen who served in Irish Army in FFL good guys great Crack!
@raymondmoore8535
2 жыл бұрын
Irish army in German helmets.😂😂😂😂
@williamwallace4924
2 жыл бұрын
Why are they wearing German hats??.
@Repulse96
2 жыл бұрын
British made helmets, using the 1916 Stahlhelm design
@jamesclayton3388
2 жыл бұрын
Why in hells name would you want to go around with a coal scuttle on you head!..
@davekeating.
Жыл бұрын
To stop a bullet wrecking your head...
@user-ie4ei6vp1o
17 күн бұрын
Not tru army of irish republic
@alanstrong3295
2 жыл бұрын
Ireland only lacked manpower and financial back. Otherwise good warriors.
@philstabler
Күн бұрын
😂
@bertiewooster3326
2 жыл бұрын
The Germans could take Ireland in days in 1940 .
@stephenmurphy2212
2 жыл бұрын
Ireland under German occupation would’ve been like British occupation all over again. The IRA would’ve taken on the Nazis just like they did with the Black and Tans during the War of Independence (1919-1921). Edit: My theory is Dublin Castle (the former seat of British rule in Ireland) would’ve likely been used as HQ for the military administration for Nazi occupation in Ireland.
@michaelslator64
2 жыл бұрын
The Germans used Blitzkrieg, lightening war, and learned from UK's experience in Ireland. They did not want a seven hundred war on their hands.
@bertiewooster3326
2 жыл бұрын
@@stephenmurphy2212 Yes but the IRA would have been given no mercy .
@stephenmurphy2212
2 жыл бұрын
@@bertiewooster3326 the Black and Tans gave the Irish people no mercy either. lol
@bertiewooster3326
2 жыл бұрын
@@stephenmurphy2212 Not the B & Ts were in the same league as SS and Gestapo old chum !
@annoyingbstard9407
2 жыл бұрын
Begorrah and blitzen.
@conlaiarla
2 жыл бұрын
Stupid and inane. A great combination and indeed rare .Well done !
@washerdryer3466
2 жыл бұрын
@@conlaiarla The "Annoying B'stard " character is a troll psycho all over Irish-related KZitem content. KZitem facilitate his anti-Irish hatred. He's one real weirdo. .🤣🤣🤣
@eddietuite732
2 жыл бұрын
@@washerdryer3466 He's essentially if you turned Brit/Pol/ into a person
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly i hate being british when half of the people are just fat gammons who support a monarchy full of pedos that dont care about the british people and hate literally anyone whos not british. Im putting together this uniform to teach the history of Ireland and I hope I piss off some gammon who thinks Ireland is just IRA potato land
@1935rmb
2 жыл бұрын
De Valera, as president of Ireland, sent his condolences to Nazi Germany upon hearing of the death of Hitler. So lives the legacy of the Irish and who their army marches in step with.
@imedi
2 жыл бұрын
Why because dev sent condolences 😂 Bit of a stretch Should we assume the queen's family were all Nazi supporters because her uncle was in Hitler government Or that 100 British nationals wore SS uniforms compared to two Irish men .. Get over yourself with you legacy's lol maybe to a few anti Irish twats like yourself At least 70000 southern Irish fought with the British against Hitler and 5000 lost their lives A remarkable number considering the British army were burning down towns and summerly executing people in the south only 20 years before but we won't talk about that will we 🙄
@michaelslator64
2 жыл бұрын
As a neutral nation it is politically procedural to offer sympathy when nation loses its political leader. The Irish government offered it's sympathy to the UK on the death of Winston Churchill a man who brought the Black and Tans to Ireland.
@Br1ght0n
2 жыл бұрын
The Irish Free State which had only existed for 17 years when WW2 broke out unsurprisingly stayed neutral. However, it can never be accurately quantified how many men from the south (such as one of my uncles and one great uncle) enlisted in the British Army, but conservative estimates put it at around 100,000, and then you have Irish born men in US, Australian, Canadian and NZ armies.
@stephenmurphy2212
2 жыл бұрын
De Valera wasn’t president at the time he was the Taoiseach (head of government). You can’t judge a nation from who their leader is. Also Churchill was the one who sent the notorious Black and Tans to Ireland.
@1935rmb
2 жыл бұрын
@@stephenmurphy2212 why not?
@washerdryer3466
2 жыл бұрын
Note to KZitem Administration. This simple relatively innocent video has attracted a majority of anti-Irish ridiculing commentary from British troll accounts. All facilitated and sanctioned by KZitem administrators. This trolling and poison from British accounts appears in the vast majority of Irish-related KZitem content. It's disgusting.
@EdMcF1
2 жыл бұрын
Don't feed the trolls, there's a ratio generally 1 comment per 1,000 views in most videos, a tiny minority comment, fewer still are trolls, let them win their bedroom wars, it's all they'll achieve there.
@dl5498
2 жыл бұрын
Dont mind them, they are just salty lmao
@madgeordie4469
2 жыл бұрын
The anti Irish trolls are a very small minority. Do not get bothered by them, they are just cockwombles with keyboards. Every country has them and the UK is no different.
@batman6621
2 жыл бұрын
If it makes you feel better im british and im putting together this uniform to teach the history of the free state and the defence forces. Ill probably piss off many fat gammons at 1940s events who think ireland is just IRA potato land
@raigarmullerson4838
2 жыл бұрын
lol irish army who?
@ffspablo8739
2 жыл бұрын
That's a lot of German helmets
@strawdog9964
2 жыл бұрын
Those are British made Vickers helmets.
@mckenner101
2 жыл бұрын
British made
@eddietuite732
2 жыл бұрын
I love how the same ten British people are so obsessed with calling the Irish army weak because muh bad helmets that they forgot that they lost to Ireland when they controlled a quarter of the world
@You-were-seen-kid
2 жыл бұрын
They have a tiny army, and are terribly equipped, it isn't a slight against the soldiers and personnel, but it's the truth, in terms of militarism the Irish have a small and weak military compared to countries like USA and Russia for example
@eddietuite732
2 жыл бұрын
@@You-were-seen-kid It's well equipped for what it's meant for (peacekeeping)they saved countless lives in Lebanon Somalia and Syria and the Irish Rangers are very well equipped
@You-were-seen-kid
2 жыл бұрын
@@eddietuite732 they patrol Lebanon in soft skin vehicles, completely useless defence against a 7.62 round, again, under equipped. They may be well equipped to go patrolling and not receiving a contact, but when they do hit contact, they are under equipped
@joeses4162
2 жыл бұрын
@@eddietuite732 well their original role was in fighting enemies of the Irish Free State, basically anti-treaty IRA and republicans. For which it did its job perfectly well of course.
@fberry5482
2 жыл бұрын
@@You-were-seen-kid it's not small compared to our population when we were at recommended strenght and of roughly 9,000 if i remember correctly which was almost exactly the same percentage of people in our armed forces as the Us armed forced compared to the population of the country
@cianoaichir2725
2 жыл бұрын
Irish army on the move.......shame they never made a move to fight the British occupation forces
@madgeordie4469
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, a good war would benefit everybody. Lots of blood, death and carnage. Just what Ireland and the UK need.
@ironhand9096
2 жыл бұрын
Typical plastic paddy reply from an American who has no problems stealing of the Native American and black man.
@JoinMeInDeathBaby
2 жыл бұрын
@@ironhand9096 what exactly are they stealing from blacks? Their wellfare checks?
@lagancider6153
2 жыл бұрын
Shame they never made a move to fight the Nazis. Thankfully many Irishmen joined the International Brigade and fought Franco, while many others joined their British neighbours in the crusade against Hitler & Mussolini. Meanwhile, these guys sat in their barracks eating eggs and butter.
@madgeordie4469
2 жыл бұрын
@@lagancider6153 In the British army the Irish Guards and the Irish Rangers are among the best fighting formations in the world. Many Irishmen died in the cause for freedom fighting against Nazism even if their political masters pretended otherwise. Those Irishmen who served were true heroes and deserve to be recognised as such.
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