Ireland during WW2 Flashcards
Neutrality
A refusal to take part in a war between other nations
Sovereignty
A country having full authority to govern itself.
First Amendment of the Constitution Act
This gave the government the power to act outside the constitution during a period of war.
The Emergency.
This is what World War 2 was referred to as in Ireland [ South]
Offences against the State Act 1939
It was passed to permit internment[ imprisonment without trial] and to deal with the threat to neutrality from the pro - German IRA.
The Emergency Powers Act
This gave the government almost total power to secure public safety and the preservation of the state.
Department of supplies
This was created to organise the rationing and supply of food , fuel and other materials.
Rationing
During the war in Ireland clothes, bread , tea, gas and electricity were rationed .This meant that you were only allowed a certain amount of these products.
Censorship
There was limit on the amount of information that people could access.
Seán Lemass
He was appointed Minister for Supplies
Irish shipping
Ships bought by the Irish government to keep the country supplied during the Emergency[15 ships by 1943]
Private motoring banned
There was no petrol for ordinary people .
The Glimmer man
An inspector employed by the government to check that people were not wasting gas in their homes
Compulsory tillage scheme
Farmers were required to grow a certain amount of wheat.
Frank Aiken
Minister for Coordination and Defensive Measures
Local Defence Force [LDF]
An army reserve force [ numbered 100,000 by 1943]
Sir John Maffey
The UK representative in Ireland,
Eduard Hempel
The German Ambassador to Ireland.
David Gray
The American Ambassador to Ireland.
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII [ replaced Chamberlain in May 1940]
Malcolm MacDonald
He was sent by Churchill to meet De Valera to discuss the possibility of ending partition in return for Irish support in the war effort.
Internment
Over 500 IRA members were imprisoned in the Curragh and 6 members were executed.
Seán Russell
An IRA member who had links to the Abwehr[ German intelligence ]
Hermann Görtz
A German agent who was sent to Ireland during World War 2.
Operation Green
The planned German operation to invade Ireland.
Plan W
A plan which set out how the British Army would aid Ireland if Germany invaded the country.
North Strand Bombing [ May 1941]
34 killed and 90 wounded when the Germans bombed Dublin.
The ‘ American Note’
The USA contacted the Irish government demanding that the German and Japanese ambassadors be expelled from the country.
