It is only to say that Northern Ireland is not as important as Scotland, which is measured only by taking into account strategic significance.

But it is absolutely impossible to say that the British do not pay attention to it.

After all, if the British want to truly leave the EU, they must look at Ireland's face.

The country of Ireland is very interesting. Do you want to say they like to fight? But during the two world wars, they were at most doing small tricks behind Britain and did not participate in the real war at all.

But do you want to say that they love peace? But when it comes to national unification, they are all anxious.

Simply put, when faced with the British issue, they never mind seeking violence, but it doesn’t matter to other nations and countries. Anyway, I’m high and far away, so I have to work hard to go out, so don’t mention fighting.

As mentioned earlier, the origin of Northern Ireland is actually the entire Ireland region in history, and the time when the Ireland region was conquered by Britain can be traced back to 1172 AD, more than 200 years earlier than Wales and more than 500 years earlier than Scotland.

However, due to religious beliefs, Ireland, which was ruled by Britain for the longest time, had the most serious separatism.

The so-called religious belief issue mainly comes from the Reformation of Britain in the 16th century. The main reason why Britain wanted to reform religion was that the romantic King Henry VIII took the initiative to cut off his religious relations with the Pope in order to marry another queen and wanted to establish a new British church.

As a result, Henry VIII's move to establish Protestantism directly led to the hostility between Irish Catholics and Protestants.

Therefore, in order to suppress Catholics in Ireland, Britain immigrated Protestants on a large scale while mobilizing troops to suppress Catholics in Ireland.

In the 17th century AD, Cromwell led his army to Ireland, confiscated Catholic property, and through execution and exile, the population of Ireland dropped by nearly 50%. The immigrants who entered Ireland directly occupied the property of the former Catholics.

Since then, uprisings and suppression have become the main themes of England and Ireland. With the support of the British ZF, despite the Irish resistance, in the northern part of Ireland, Protestant immigrants still had an absolute advantage.

Therefore, after centuries of brave resistance, although the Irish successfully gained independence in the 20th century, they also lost their northern territory forever.

The problems caused by Northern Ireland After clarifying the origin of Northern Ireland, the problems that the British may have caused by Brexit are actually clearer.

Because of its weak strength, the country was divided by the north and south, and the Irish obviously would not convince, so the Irish never gave up on its efforts to unify the north and south.

However, if Britain insists on Brexit, the Irish may lose Northern Ireland forever.

Because Ireland belongs to the EU area, if Britain leaves the EU, it will take Northern Ireland to leave the EU area together.

Since the original United Kingdom and Ireland belong to the EU region, the goods and personnel of the two countries can be freely circulated on the border.

However, if Britain leaves the EU, the border between the UK and Ireland will become the border between the "EU zone" and the "non-EU zone". Because the UK no longer belongs to the EU zone, then the goods and personnel of the two countries will not only not be able to flow freely on the border, but also have to set up border checkpoints on the border between the two countries.

This led to a complete separation between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which Ireland could not agree. If Northern Ireland was left alone in the EU, the British obviously could not agree, because this completely separated the UK.

As a result, the border between Britain and Ireland has become a headache in the Brexit negotiations that cannot be avoided and solved.

But you can't ignore it. Maybe Ireland will stab you in the back of England at any time, just like they did in the early 20th century, staying "neutral" at critical moments.

At that time, on the Atlantic battlefield of World War II, hunting and anti-hunting were constantly staged between Britain and Germany, and the fight between them was bloody.

However, Ireland, which is closer to the front line than England and Germany, is leisurely and neutral. If Sweden and Switzerland rely on strength during World War II, neutrality relies on diplomacy, then Ireland rely on "hostility"!

During World War II, the struggle between German submarines and British anti-submarines was extremely fierce. Although it seemed a bit far-fetched, "hostility to Britain" was indeed an important factor in Ireland's neutrality.

After World War I, Ireland was independent in the division. In the minds of the Irish people, division was caused by the British and was resentful of it, and "hostility" to Britain became the subject.

With this experience, most Irish people naturally do not want to be involved in a new world war and contribute to the wars of the British.

In other words, "As long as Britain does not return Northern Ireland, Ireland will never stand on the same front with the British."

So although Ireland was still a legal affiliate of Britain and a member of the Commonwealth, it was the only Commonwealth member state that did not participate in the war. And every time the United Kingdom made a request to Ireland, Ireland would make a statement about the "Northern Ireland issue".

However, Ireland has never turned against the UK. Because the "Irish Free State" is legally affiliated with the UK, and the UK retains naval bases and considerable military power in Ireland.

Therefore, although Ireland has a history of purchasing weapons from Germany, its position and too weak military power are backed by Britain. Before the war, there were only 6,000 troops, few fighter jets, and the navy was almost zero. There was not enough self-protection, let alone "turning against each other". Besides, they also knew that "returning to Germany" was not a reliable option at all.

Moreover, even if I participated in the war, Ireland did not have enough economic strength to maintain it. Before World War II, Ireland relied mainly on agriculture in its economy. During the British rule that year, Ireland intended to build Ireland into a granary, so Ireland "intentionally" developed towards agriculture.

In addition, Ireland lacks coal and other mining resources, and there is almost no decent heavy industry and is unable to support large-scale wars.

Throughout the 1930s, Ireland always felt that "Ireland's neutrality is very safe and raising troops is useless", and even if war is imminent, there is no intention to increase military spending.
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