Chapter 538 Irish War of Independence

If the world situation was basically stable before, then the Greco-Turkish War seemed to knock over dominoes, instantly detonating the world situation and causing various crises to erupt in this already uneven era.

The protagonists in this crisis are all countries in the world, but the crisis may be large or small, and some countries are not worth mentioning compared to the overall world situation.

First is Russia.

With the launch of the entire summer offensive, Russia's situation was instantly reversed.

In the long run, Britain and France still hope that Tsarist Russia can win the war. However, due to their own selfishness, there is a big gap between the victory that Britain and France hope for and the victory that Tsarist Russia expects.

Because of careful preparations, the multinational coalition consisting of the Tsarist Russian Army, the Polish Army, the World Alliance Intervention Force, and the Lithuanian Army launched a massive siege against Soviet Russia, and focused its attack on Ukraine.

The strategy given by the World Alliance Intervention Alliance Command is very obvious, which is to focus on eliminating areas where Soviet Russia can contact the outside world, and turn Soviet Russia into a hidden danger within Russia, rather than a crisis for the world.

It can be seen from a Russian map that the current direction of the multinational coalition's attack is Ukraine.

If Ukraine is lost, Soviet Russia will be basically surrounded by Tsarist Russia, as it was a few years ago, and surrounded by hostile countries like Poland.

In this way, Britain and France would not have to worry about the threat posed by Soviet Russia. Under such a situation, the Russian Civil War was a controllable event that could bring significant benefits to other countries, rather than a crisis.

This has also led to a rather special phenomenon. The offensive targets of the multinational coalition have never been placed in Moscow, but have always been several important towns in Ukraine.

Of course, there are still some differences in the implementation of specific strategies. §§For example, Poland is very interested in the three Baltic countries. It has liberated Lithuania and is advancing towards Latvia and Estonia.

The ambitions of the Poles have been initially revealed. After controlling Lithuania, Poland has also become interested in other Baltic countries and seems to have the urge to build a Baltic Federation.

Tsarist Russia is naturally unwilling to see Poland completely occupy the three Baltic countries. After all, the Russian capital St. Petersburg is not far from the three Baltic countries. This should be the territory of the Tsar and cannot be coveted by those stupid Poles.

Under the command of Nicholas II, a Russian army group was also advancing towards the three Baltic countries, with the same purpose of recovering Estonia and Latvia, and pushing the line of control to the Lithuanian border, seeking opportunities to recover Lithuania at any time.

In the south, the intervention forces of the World Alliance landed in Ukraine and cooperated with some Polish and Tsarist Russian troops in an attempt to eliminate the Soviet Ukrainian state in a short period of time.

In order to save Ukraine and prevent the Soviet regime from being destroyed, Soviet Russia has deployed heavy troops in Ukraine and is resisting with all its strength.

But this time the World Alliance intervention forces are responding with all their strength. It is hard to say whether Soviet Russia can survive this time. At least Ukraine is currently in danger.

The British have also been having a headache recently. The Irish issue has now become a major issue affecting British rule. The slightest mistake can ignite the situation in the UK at any time.

As we all know, the full name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which is the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

But in fact, the status of the Irish in the Kingdom of Ireland in the British Empire is not high, and they are even marginalized everywhere. This is why the Irish always want independence.

There is no need to elaborate on the intricate relationship between Ireland and England. The most important thing is that Britain recruited Irish soldiers to the front line in World War I. There was no good pension system and compensation measures for these Irish soldiers, which also caused a large number of veterans to return home. The Irish were dissatisfied.

Only when these Irish soldiers returned home did they discover that their many years of service as soldiers not only did not bring them any honors or extra income, but they had to bear higher taxes.

These are just ordinary people. If they are soldiers who are disabled during the war and have no source of income, their fate will be even more miserable. Their families will be destroyed and their families will be destroyed.

Under such circumstances, the situation in Ireland has been unstable since the end of the war, like a can of dry dynamite that will explode directly with the slightest spark.

It is obvious that the situation in Britain is full of sparks, and it is impossible for the pot of dynamite in Ireland not to be ignited.

1. A very ordinary football match was held in Dublin, the capital of Ireland.

There wasn't much to say about this, but somehow, some demonstrators rebelling against the British government entered the football stadium and caused a riot during the game.

The police from the United Kingdom, not knowing what they were thinking, chose the most inappropriate method, which was to open fire on the demonstrators, resulting in the death of two people in the demonstrators, the injury of four others, and the accidental injury of two spectators.

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The blind firing of the British police made the chaotic situation in the football stadium even more terrifying.

The angry Irish crowd rushed forward and killed two policemen on the scene while the police were reloading.

This was not over yet, because the blind actions of the British police led to more Irish people joining the march and the Sinn Féin party who resisted the rule of the British government.

Sinn Féin was founded by Arthur Griffiths, President of the Irish Republic, and advocated the use of force to build an all-Ireland republic.

The armed organization of Sinn Féin is called the Irish Republican Army. After this incident, the scale of Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Army ushered in a huge expansion, and Ireland's desire to resist the British government became stronger and stronger.

On August 12, without any response from the British government, Ireland unilaterally announced the establishment of an independent Irish Parliament and declared Ireland's formal independence.

The Irish Congress and the Republican Army reached a cooperation, and the Congress announced that the Irish Republican Army would serve as the official army of the Republic of Ireland, launch a war against the British government, and take back all of Ireland.

On August 13, the situation worsened.

Japanese soldiers, led by Dan Boleyn, kidnapped several members of the Royal Irish Security Corps and tortured them to reveal the location where Gray's explosives were stored.

These soldiers of the Royal Irish Security Regiment refused to confess. In the end, the angry Republican Army soldiers directly executed several of them, which also announced the official beginning of the Irish War of Independence.

Seeing that the situation in Ireland was no longer under control, the British government hurriedly stood up, condemned the IRA's massacre of British soldiers, and announced that it would use force to suppress the rebellion in Ireland.

But at this time, the Irish Parliament had publicly declared 1 as the founding symbol of Ireland, and declared that the entire Ireland had entered a state of military control.

The Irish Parliament held a press conference stating that British rule in Ireland was illegal and contrary to the interests of the Irish people and the right of Irish independence.

The Irish Parliament demanded that all British troops withdraw from Ireland immediately, called on "all free countries in the world" to recognize Ireland's independence, and condemned the British Empire's encroachment on the independent status of other countries.

Now it's good, the British government is very angry. Even George V, who has not been seen for a long time, has expressed his opinion that Ireland will be resolutely suppressed by force.

As the most powerful country in the world, such a large-scale rebellion broke out in Britain, which made almost all countries look at the British joke.

France and the United States were the leaders among the melon-eaters. Although the Americans were also facing the independence war in the Philippines, this did not prevent the Americans from laughing at the British at this time.

The chaos in Britain relieved Soviet Russia. After all, the main force of the World Alliance was provided by the British, and the commander-in-chief was also British.

Even if the intervening troops will not be withdrawn, the British attention will definitely be distracted a lot, which will also allow the Soviet troops on the front line to breathe a sigh of relief.

Arthur did not express any opinions on the Irish War of Independence. After all, the British Empire was still his ally, and frontal ridicule was impossible.

However, Arthur still ensured the British's support for him and avoided the deeper development of the Philippine War of Independence. After that, the British were busy putting out the fire and gave up supporting Australasia's operations in the Philippines.

The so-called Irish War of Independence, to put it bluntly, was the armed forces of some political parties in Ireland launching various unexpected attacks on the property of the British government to undermine the British government's rule in Ireland and at the same time obtain some weapons and funds.

At this time, the actions of the Irish army were still relatively despicable. The assassinations and persecutions of senior government officials, and even inhumane massacres, can be seen in this Irish War of Independence.

But we can’t say who is right or wrong in this matter. After all, the British rule in Ireland is not glorious, and there is no need for either family to laugh at the other.

The first person to be reported and attract the attention of the world was John Milling, the local magistrate of Ireland.

John Milling was a pure Englishman. After the outbreak of the Irish War of Independence, he was targeted by some extreme elements of the Republican Army. He led his men to visit John Milling's residence late at night, and abused and tortured him in front of his family. Shot the British magistrate dead.

Of course, it’s impossible to say who is right or wrong in this matter. Because John Milling's reputation in Ireland was not very good, and because of the British's sense of superiority towards the Irish, John Milling committed widespread atrocities in Ireland, arresting and even shooting Irish marchers at will, leading to John Milling's execution. The news was welcomed wildly by the Irish people, who even cheered with joy.

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