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At the begining of 1939 the IRA leadership decided to launch a bombing campaign on England . There were many bombings and some loss of life and many IRA men were arrested both in England and Ireland . When WW2 started there had already been contact between the abwehr and the IRA . In august 1940 the...

Hi Christy , Renegades;Hitlers Englishmen by Adrian Weale has a few pages about two Irishmen in the British army who joined the Waffen SS after they had been captured by the Germans . There is another good book about the propaganda radio broadcasts by Irishmen to Ireland from Germany . It's called H...

Hi Sid !

Karl Holz and Karl Hanke were also killed in action but I don't have any
details .
The point I was trying to make in my earlier post was that Gauleiters
were political leaders and were not expected to engage in battle
themselves .

Regards , Ian .

Eggeling was Gauleiter of Halle Merseburg . Many other Gauleiters were killed in action but the exact circumstances are unknown . We do not know if they were taking an active role in the fighting or wheather they were ambushed or even arrested and then shot . Many others killed themselves instead of...

Hi Sid !

I believe Gauleiter Joachim Eggeling was killed while fighting . I cant
recall where I read that .

Regards Ian .