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Originally Posted by Retlaw
Because the Irish left all their lights on for the Germans to use as guide points navigating to Liverpool, they didnt have to fly in from southern England risking all the flak and night fighters to get to Liverpool and Manchester. Remember they didn't need to fly from Germany, they had bases in France as well, also submarine bases and doodlebug launch pads.
Walter
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It may be that on occasion the Germans flew up the Irish Sea, but I have found nothing to substanciate that they flew over Ireland, (in fact they would have been in breech of Irelands neutrality if they had done), (if you look at a map that would have taken them miles out of their way!).
Ireland being a Neutral Country had neither the need nor the obligation to turn out their lights, (just as Switzerland didn't), but it is doubtful that the Germans needed the assistance of the combined Irish 60watt bulbs to guide them over the targets. The Germans had very good radio guidance systems to put their planes where they wanted them to be.
I have tried to find facts to back up the claims you have made, but cannot, I have in an earlier thread asked you for facts but so far you have failed to produce any.
If you could show some reference to your claims, then we would all end up knowing a little more about the history of that period, if however you are only working on speculation and hearsay then you are doing history a disservice.
Please, all it takes is a few seconds on the net to check for the facts, (you have the facilitys in front of you or you couldn't connect to this site), and this will be of great help to the many people on here that would like to learn more about an important time in History.