The Spanish Civil War has attracted historical interest because of its role as a precursor to World War II. The Irish role in that conflict is a revealing commentary on political developments in Ireland in the 1930s. General Eoin O’Duffy, a hero of the Irish War of Independence, attempted to use Irish involvement in the Spanish conflict as a way of enhancing his reputation. He took 700 Blueshirts to Spain to fight on the side of the General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces where their performance was a disastrous failure. O’Duffy’s career and the memories of the Blue Shirts involvement in Spain left his reputation in tatters.

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爱尔兰的堂吉诃德的克鲁扎达：爱尔兰和西班牙内战

西班牙内战因其作为第二次世界大战前兆的作用而引起了历史兴趣。爱尔兰在这场冲突中的角色是对 1930 年代爱尔兰政治发展的具有启发性的评论。爱尔兰独立战争的英雄 Eoin O'Duffy 将军试图利用爱尔兰参与西班牙冲突来提高他的声誉。他带着 700 名蓝衫军去西班牙与弗朗西斯科·佛朗哥将军的民族主义部队并肩作战，但他们的表现却是一场灾难性的失败。奥达菲的职业生涯和蓝衫军在西班牙的记忆让他的名声一落千丈。