Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-7559950-20130911012534/@comment-4919678-20150123114724

Hitler actually felt that control over Ireland would have been key to victory over Britain. In a way, he was right: Ireland is the most western of all European countries, and whoever controls it would be able to cut off Britain's supply line to America. If Eoin O'Duffy had staged a succesful coup, though, Britain could possibly invade. But of course, Irish-Americans would be pissed off, maybe enough to get the USA to go to war with Britain over Ireland. But there is no way that Hilter could have gotten a whole army to Ireland. It would hav failed.