While civilian aircraft in other countries were frequently requisitioned for military purposes, Aer Lingus continued to fly a service between Dublin and Liverpool throughout the war. Winston Churchill, the British wartime Prime Minister, made an attack on the Irish Government and in particular *amon de Valera in his radio broadcast on VE Day. Churchill maintained that the British government displayed restraint on the Irish state while the de Valera government were allowed to ``frolic with the Germans''. Churchill maintained that the British could have invaded the Irish state but displayed ``considerable restraint'' in not doing so. De Valera replied to Churchill in a radio broadcast: Mr. Churchill makes it clear that in certain circumstances he would have violated our neutrality and that he would justify his action by Britain's necessity.
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