A woman pointing at a tank
A woman pointing at a tank in WWII

Unsung heroes: Irish men and women of the resistance during the second world war

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In this month’s blog, Niav Gallagher remembers some of the Irish men and women who formed part of the resistance in the second world war.

Article image: ‘Resistance to the Germans – French Army Returns to France’, Normandy, France, circa 14 August 1944. Copyright: National Archives and Records Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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