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Ireland and the Spanish Civil War – March 2014
By Turtle Bunbury Lopera, Southern Spain, 28th December 1936. The Irishmen were making their way uphill when the Junker planes reappeared. As they sprinted for the cover of an olive grove, a bullet whizzed into Gerry Doran’s upper arm. Moments later, a chunk of shrapnel slammed into his trench-helmet, smashing it into his skull. The […]