An Cosantóir- Operation Sealion

[Flamingo]

Is there a link to anything online, Tim? (WB, by the way, it's been quieter here without you!)

[timhorgan]

The best copy of the January 1949 issue with the Blumentritt interview is here in fascimile-intersting article also on the "Navajo Codetalkers".

http://fileserver.4pm.ie/Upload/6/6203-HTH.pdf

[timhorgan]

Having found time to catch up on the excellent articles written in An Cosantóir after the war when the enterprising staff showed excellent ingenuity and enterprise in interviewing senior German Officers I was most impressed by the interview of General Blumentritt, Von Runstedt's Chief Of Operations on the Western Front.

Blumentritt is quite clear that during Dunkirk " Hitler had explained his intention to reach an agreement with England andat Dunkirk-our Panzer Divisions were held back, Air fleet 3 restrained from all-out offensive action". The article clearly shows that the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe allowed the British Expeditionary Army to escape.

The sigificance of these artices in An Cosantóir would also clearly indicate that the Irish Government were correct in maintaining neutrality as the Germans must have some good indicators of a possible deal.

This article in itself is well worth reading and all credit to Thomas Dunne who was described in An Cosantóir as "ex Army Intelligence".