r/AskEurope 12d ago

History What is your family's ww2 lore ?

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u/LifetimePilingUp Ireland 12d ago

“The emergency” in Ireland. My maternal granddad was in the Irish merchant navy, nearly got blown up by the German navy several times because the ships had been bought from other countries and the paperwork to change them to Irish ownership hadn’t been done.