Collins, Churchill, De Valera - the political ménage à trois that made modern Ireland irishcentral.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from irishcentral.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The Glencree German War Cemetery in the small Wicklow village of Glencree is one of Ireland's true hidden gems. Tucked away in a quiet corner of the Wicklow Mountains is a German military cemetery and one of Ireland's true hidden gems.
This book provides first-hand documentation of events in the Soviet Union when the Civil War was ending and Bolshevik regime was consolidating its position. The author was an American anarchist of Russian origin deported to Russia in 1919. The book is based on his diaries written between 1919-21.
AS the war in Europe reaches its climax the position of Switzerland becomes more precarious. The territory of each of the other neutrals Spain, Eire, Turkey and Sweden has a seacoast. Each of them even Sweden has a chance of direct contact with the Allies. Switzerland is completely trapped inside German-dominated Europe. So far, Hitler has not thought it to his advantage to cross the Swiss border. But if German troops are pushed out of the Po Valley or eastern or southern France they may try to continue their resistance on Swiss soil.