Review by germcgrath

I found the film interesting, despite the early statement, that Paddy was a term of endearment in England, when quite the opposite was in fact true. Irish neutrality is a badge of honor, We were a newly independent state in 1922 and freeing ourselves from British imperialism . This Imperialism which the sun was supposed to never set, still had India and many other country's under its none democratic thumb The black & tans /British army which had terrorized Ireland was fresh in the memory, the Famine less than a hundred years past, What Britons seem to forget is that Winston Churchill only had a problem with Fascism when it endangered the Empire. Mohatma Gandi was seen more of a danger, It is true that many Irish men and women choose to fight Fascism for economical and ideological reasons. Britain and France had turned its back on the Spanish Republic, In 1939 Britain found itself in the last chance saloon, History would be thankful that they choose to fight Fascism after sacrificing Czechoslovakia and then Poland. In 1939 Ireland was left with Hopson's choice between the iron heel and the lions den.