Cherful
Careful. You just proved that racial blood ties are useless when the bell rings for the punch up.

Nonamenick.
Yes that can be true, The human is nothing if not a survival animal.
Not this touchy feely, lovey Dovey, peaceful reasoned creature he likes to
Believe he is.

So it does depend on the circumstances, and the forces and self interest of
Individuals clouding the waters. But if you study history you will mostly find
Wars are divided along ethnic tribal lines as they are in most of the world conflicts
Today. There will always be renegades and strange individuals who fight for
their own weird reasons or perceptions but they are not the usual.
Also tribes will aline with other bloodlines who share a fear of the same enemy
to help win and survive. That doesn't mean that the same allies are that friendly before or after a war.

They may even go back to tribal hostility and squabbling afterwards but co-operating
as allies has helped ensure their bloodlines holding on to the country's
And land they need for survival. That is always the main prioroity.

Is mise

Your knowledge of the Irish, who decided they hated the British more than
the Germans, is more advanced than my knowledge of the Irish mindset at
the time of world war 2. But it still doesn't change what I say about the Irish
Choosing an option that they saw as being more beneficial to the survival
Of their own people. And maybe a chance to take back the territory of Ireland
for the survival of their own tribal bloodline, the Irish.

It was still territorial tribal warfare. Which all wars are.

Nicknamenick

Sorry for getting your name wrong. Didn't notice it until I posted it.
I suspect it could have been my spell checker.

Nicknamenick

The thing you are not seeing is that the British bloodline was closer
to those living in Britain which had been separated from the Germans
by an ocean for a few generations. The Germans having Anglo Saxon links.
Had once invaded Britain linking the Anglo Saxon bloodline.
But the passing of history and an ocean had diluted the tribal closeness.

Brothers in a family will fight, but they will forget that and fight against
An outside enemy together also. It is the immediate present tribe around people
that they will seek to protect the most.
Simple biology. The old aging parent cells will protect the new cells that are
their only chance at human immortality that exists on this earth

Cherful,

"Choosing an option that they saw as being more beneficial to the survival of their own people"

What they mainly chose was a chance of adventure and, more importantly, a chance at making some money; Ireland was not a land of milk and honey in the 1930s.