Churchill once claimed he could control the North Atlantic from West Cork, hence his reluctance to return Bere Island Treaty Port to Irish control at the dawn of WWII (he nearly didn’t). Have the Russians come to the same view in 2022?

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Churchill once claimed he could control the North Atlantic from West Cork, hence his reluctance to return Bere Island Treaty Port to Irish control at the dawn of WWII (he nearly didn’t). Have the Russians come to the same view in 2022?

Helen Riddell @helenriddell On this day in 1922 #BereIsland along with Cobh & Lough Swilly became Ireland’s Treaty Ports when the Anglo-Irish Treaty was ratified. The island remained in British control until September 1938 when it was handed back to the Irish Government (photo below) #Treaty100