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Ireland's Secret War

Dan Bryan, G2 and the Lost Tapes That Reveal the Hunt for Ireland’s Nazi Spies

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Ireland’s Secret War reassesses the legacy of the Irish contribution to the Allied war effort through the voices of those involved at the time.

Ireland’s Secret War reveals strategic Nazi intentions for Ireland and the real role of leading government figures of the time, placing Dan Bryan and G2—the military intelligence branch of the Irish Defence Forces—at the centre of the country’s battle against Nazi Germany.

With the help of over 35 hours of previously unpublished audio recordings that were held in storage in Northern California for over 50 years, Marc Mc Menamin reveals the extraordinary unheard history of WWII in Ireland, told from the point of view of the main protagonists.

©2022 Marc McMenamin (P)2022 Bolinda Publishing Europe Military World War
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Well done Mark. from a fellow secondary school history teacher. thank you for this education.

excellent listen

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I am an avid reader of Second World War political and military history, particularly Intelligence, and even more so, those areas as yet untold or overlooked. This is such a book. For obvious reasons to those who know about or islands this story - one of outstanding vision, belief, astuteness and fortitude - this story has remained in the shadows. Mr McMenamin’s curious it’s, own fortitude and access to previously hidden records is the basis of an amazing account of the tightrope journey the Republic of Ireland walked through the SWW, and since. We’ll-balanced, not sticking doggedly to chronology means this well-researched account is easy to listen to (in my case, in just three days, such is the interest). Many elements of SWW are written, revisited and rewritten, this one is a total original. As such, it is an excellent read, which should be read by many, including us British. Thank you Marc. Stuart

Another piece of the jigsaw, another unsung hero

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A thoughtful and well -written story of those who worked to safeguard Ireland and its neutrality during World War 2 and what happened to them afterwards. it's s great performance too

Fascinating

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