History of the Great War is a weekly podcast that will cover the First World War that occurred from 1914 and 1918. Every week we will be discussing the events that occurred exactly 100 years ago. We will journey from the borders of France in the blistering heat of 1914, to the shores of Gallipoli, to the banks of Somme, to the final knockout attempt by the German army in the spring of 1918.
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224: Irish Civil War Pt. 1
With the war over, the dreams of Irish Home Rule quickly turned into a violent nightmare
Sources
1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy by Tom Gravin
Green Against Green – The Irish Civil War: A History of the Irish Civil War, 1922–1923 by Michael Hopkinson
A Short History of the Irish Revolution, 1912 to 1927: From the Ulster Crisis to the formation of the Irish Free State by Richard Killeen
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