Chapter 538 Irish War of Independence

If the world situation was basically stable before, then the Greco-Turkish War seemed to have pushed down a domino, instantly detonating the world situation and causing various crises in this already unstable era.

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

First of all, Russia.

With the launch of the entire summer offensive, the situation in Russia 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 preparation, the multinational coalition composed of the Tsarist Russian army, the Polish army, the World Alliance Intervention Coalition and the Lithuanian army launched a large encirclement of Soviet Russia, and focused on the attack in Ukraine.

The strategy given by the World Alliance Intervention Allied Command is very clear, that is, to focus on eliminating the 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 whole world.

Through a map of Russia, we can see that the current attack direction of the multinational coalition is Ukraine.

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

In this way, Britain and France will not have to worry about the threat posed by Soviet Russia to themselves. In such a situation, the Russian civil war is a controllable event that can bring significant benefits to other countries, rather than a crisis.

This also leads to a more special phenomenon. The multinational coalition's offensive target has never been Moscow, but has always been several important towns in Ukraine.

Of course, there are still some differences in the specific strategic implementation. 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 naturally does not want 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, not something that those stupid Poles can covet.

Under the order of Nicholas II, a Russian army group is also advancing towards the three Baltic countries, with the same purpose of recovering Estonia and Latvia, and pushing the control line 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 part of the Polish and Tsarist Russian troops to try to eliminate the Soviet Ukrainian state in a short time.

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

But this time the World Alliance intervention army was also fully responding. It is hard to say whether Soviet Russia can survive this time. At least Ukraine is currently in danger.

The British have also been troubled recently. The Irish issue has now become a major problem affecting British rule. If you are not careful, it will ignite the situation in Britain 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 a union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

But in fact, the Irish in the Kingdom of Ireland do not have a high status in the British Empire, and are even excluded 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 critical thing is that Britain recruited Irish people to the front line in World War I. There is no good pension system and compensation measures for these Irish soldiers, which also makes a large number of Irish people who have retired and returned home dissatisfied.

These Irish soldiers returned home and found that their many years of military career not only did not bring them any honor and extra income, but they had to bear higher taxes.

This is just an ordinary person. If it is a soldier who is disabled in the war and has no source of income, their fate will be even more miserable, and their family will often be broken and their lives 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, which will explode directly with a little spark.

Obviously, the situation in Britain is full of sparks, and it is impossible for Ireland's dynamite not to be ignited.

On August 11, 1920, a very ordinary football match was held in Dublin, the capital of Ireland.

Originally, there was nothing to say, but somehow, some protesters who were against the British government entered the football field, causing chaos in the game.

The police from Britain, not knowing what they were thinking, chose the most inappropriate way, that is, to open fire at the demonstrators, resulting in two deaths and four injuries in the crowd, and also accidentally injured two spectators.

The blind firing of the British police made the chaotic situation in the football field even more terrible.

The angry Irish people rushed forward directly and killed two police officers on the scene when the police were changing bullets.

This was not the end, because the blind actions of the British police led more Irish people to join the march and the Sinn Fein Party to resist the rule of the British government.

Sinn Fein was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, the former president of the Republic of Ireland. It advocates the use of force to build an all-Irish republic.

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

On August 12, the British government has not responded to support it. Ireland has unilaterally announced the establishment of an independent Irish Parliament and declared Ireland formally independent.

The Irish Parliament and the Republican Army reached a cooperation. The Parliament announced that the Irish Republican Army will 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 escalated.

Under the leadership of Dan Bolin, the soldiers of the Japanese army kidnapped several members of the Royal Irish Guards and tortured them to tell them about the storage of Gurry explosives they were guarding.

These soldiers of the Royal Irish Guards refused to confess, and finally the angry Republican soldiers directly executed several people, which also announced the official start of the Irish War of Independence.

Seeing that the situation in Ireland was out of control, the British government hurriedly stood up, condemned the Irish Republican Army for killing British soldiers, and announced that it would suppress the rebellion in Ireland by force.

But at this time, the Irish Parliament had publicly declared the Declaration of Independence in 1916 as the symbol of the establishment of Ireland, and announced that the whole of Ireland was under military control.

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

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

Now, the melon has been eaten by itself. The British government was furious, and even George V, who had not appeared for a long time, expressed his opinion that Ireland should be resolutely suppressed by force.

As the most powerful country in the world, such a large-scale rebellion broke out in Britain's homeland, which made almost all countries laugh at Britain.

France and the United States were the leaders among the spectators. Although the Americans were also facing the Philippine War of Independence, this did not prevent the Americans from laughing at the British at this time.

The chaos in Britain made Soviet Russia feel relieved. 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 intervention troops were not withdrawn, the British attention would certainly be distracted a lot, which would also allow the Soviet troops on the front line to breathe a sigh of relief.

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

However, Arthur still ensured the British support for himself, avoiding the further development of the Philippine War of Independence, and the British were busy putting out the fire and gave up supporting Australasia's actions in the Philippines.

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

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

But this kind of thing cannot be said to be right or wrong. After all, Britain's rule in Ireland was not glorious, and neither of the two families had to laugh at each other.

The first person to be reported and attracted the attention of the whole world was John Milling, the local sheriff of Ireland.

John Milling was a pure British. After the outbreak of the Irish War of Independence, he was targeted by some extremists of the Republican Army. They brought their subordinates to visit John Milling's residence late at night, and abused and shot the British sheriff in front of his family.

Of course, it is hard to say who is right or wrong in this matter. Because John Milling's reputation in Ireland is not very good, because of the British's sense of superiority over the Irish, John Milling committed atrocities in Ireland, arbitrarily arrested and even shot Irish marchers, and the news of John Milling's execution was widely welcomed by the Irish, and even celebrated.

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