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A ‘Harvard professor’ said: ‘Remember too, Ireland is the only country in Europe, western country, that did not support the British and American war against Nazism,” History says: - Ireland was working with & supporting the Allies before war began - Had tens of thousands in the fight & hundreds of thousands in the Allied war effort before the States were officially in the war after being attacked - Gave nothing to Germany: no materials, voluntary enlistment, support, nothing. - Was of more use claiming neutrality while covertly aiding Britain than actively belligerent (said MI5 in 1946, declassified in 1999) ⬇️ https://t.co/nmde2mk56z Also, a rough list of countries who took a ‘neutral unless attacked’ or similar stance to Ireland for anyone interested. (some of whom did in fact aid Germany, unlike Ireland) Afghanistan Albania America Andorra Argentina Belgium Bhutan Brazil Chile Colombia Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland Guatemala Haiti Honduras Iceland Iran Ireland Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway North Yemen Portugal San Marino Saudi Arabia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tibet Turkey Uruguay Vatican City Venezuela