?????Consider Ukraine in the post-Imperial war in the east?
?????Consider Ukraine in the post-Imperial war in the east?
I think the suggestion was not that Ireland would itself go communist, but rather a communist UK would conquer it and turn it into a resource colony for food as per Ukraine-USSR?????
And that the way that it would get there would include a bloody multi-way mess of a local civil war.I think the suggestion was not that Ireland would itself go communist, but rather a communist UK would conquer it and turn it into a resource colony for food as per Ukraine-USSR
Ah, that makes a little more sense. Though given a communist UK from a 1918/19 uprising is unlikely in the extreme I don't think it likely, especially given that any communist revolution in the UK would lead to either a civil war or it's suppression and simmering 'Troubles'.I think the suggestion was not that Ireland would itself go communist, but rather a communist UK would conquer it and turn it into a resource colony for food as per Ukraine-USSR
Where? In the UK or Ireland? Your posts are rather vague.And that the way that it would get there would include a bloody multi-way mess of a local civil war.
What is this supposed to mean?In Ireland over the divisive issues of socialisation, nation versus socialist commonwealth, atheism versus catholicism, one nationalism versus another, two major religions, a bunch of regions, an imperial ex army of whites, a new imperial army of workers.
It may not be the kinds of continental numbers, but there’s lots of conflicting motivators in crisis to go next door and murder your neighbour in the island of Ireland.
Its really hard to say, if Britain is locked in turmoil for a good long while and the US isn't interested in getting further involved that makes France the sole power upholding the Versailles order. They have got options, they could try for rapprochement with Germany but immediately post-war that seems unlikely. Or maybe they take a route like supporting the Rhenish Republic (which would be a pretty resource intensive affair given support for that idea was very much a minority position).What will happen to Germany and the former CP countries in a chaotic UK?
My guess is that a revolution, or fears of it, could spread to France, and the right wing could prevail in Germany, making Versailles impossible to enforce.
Historically the fear was that Ireland would serve as a base for the invasion of a hostile power. This would apply here, especially given the international isolation.It seems to me unlikely that a state dominated by the more radical parts of the Labour Party for instance would opt to go to war with the Irish. Similarly a state that was largely dominated by the trade unions isn't one that I could see being keen on a foreign adventure.
That is true and will be a factor in how the new government approach Ireland.Historically the fear was that Ireland would serve as a base for the invasion of a hostile power. This would apply here, especially given the international isolation.