THe British got their religion changed for them every time a royal decided it so
The state religion was protestant from the time of Henry VIII, I can think of times of crisis were the monarch tried to bring the country back towards catholic influence but didn't quite work for one reason or another and half the time was opposed by their own subjects.
After the civil war got rid of Charlie mk 1 charlie mk2 and his kid james tried to one last time bring things back catholic and thats where we all got fed up and just made parliment have more power then he did knocked off the stewarts and we got the current German line. So it didn't really change with each head of state there were just some that thought they could convert the majority of their kingdom back to catholic and they found out otherwise. The power of the soveriegn was never as overwhelming as say the Tsar of Russia in running the state after Henry VIII despite the attempts of some
The Americans in their war of independance (and British in ww2) admired and copied these tactics. Worldwide resistance groups have copied and recieved training from the Provisional IRA.
And the IRA didn't just invent those tactics overnight Gurillia warfare is discussed in depth in the Sun Tzu and is a military tactic which spans most of human history. Don't tell me an Irishman went across the silk road and bought a copy to take back home with him, Guinesses does its magic again.
NAme a great man or woman in history and chances are you will find Irish heritage in the mix somewhere ( Che Gueverra and Mohhamed Ali, for instance )
Mohamed Ali was a draft dodger who could punch someone in a ring....fantastic feat of achievement there
old Che as much as i love the fella didn't really get anywhere in what he was trying to do for south america, hell he buggered off to the carribean
What i meant about the Germans and British having a straight fight (and i think you know this smartass) is that the British would have got owned if WW2 was just between tham and the jerrys
Well from mid 1940 to june 1941 it was just them and Germany and if that was the case then the Afrika Korps should of been driving all the way to Baghdad (common theme going on there) but aye they got PWND at el Alamaine
but ok lets got with a scenario its just germany and england 1939 go....Kriegsmarine absolutely tiny compared to the royal navy armed forces can't walk water even with air superiority an invasion of britain is not achievable due to the overwhelming strength the royal navy has so it wouldn't be that exciting a war, italy wouldn't be involved so no rommel in afrika so a pretty stale mate boring war really.
Let's take things closer to home. My family has a proud history of fighting both for and against the British crown (in ww2 when it was for a greater good, they wouldnt fight for the brits in other circumstances). Their exploits have been documented in both books and newspapers.
Oh no a family dick whagging contest.
Ironically theres alot of fighting in my family too and not on the sides you think. Well being a decendant of william the conqueror and my family name at its peak being a nobl household which controlled the counties known as Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire involved in alot of fighting the war of the roses and also in trying to undermine the tudor kings to bring back a Norman ruler and Oliver Cromwell was part of the family tree, good buddy of ours shame we ultimatly lost that one but its all written in various books about the family (and catholic oh the irony)., having a decendant who emmigrated to the united states and co-founded General Motors in detroit and a host of other enterpreneurs (SP?) various locations around the states named after my ancestors,