{"id":12753,"date":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/?p=12753"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:14:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:14:19","slug":"i-mbeal-an-phobail-white-flag-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/i-mbeal-an-phobail-white-flag-down\/","title":{"rendered":"I  mBeal  an  Phobail White Flag Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt\">I  mB\u00e9al  an  Phobail<\/p><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">Peadar Bair\u00e9ad<\/p><h1 style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt\">White Flag Down<\/h1><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:1.8\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">by<\/span><\/strong><\/p><h2 style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt\">Joel  Ross<\/h2><p style=\"margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt\">An Interesting Read<\/h1><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">Th\u00e1inig m\u00e9 ar an leabhar seo, ar na mallaibh, agus caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il, gur bhain m\u00e9 l\u00e1n-taitneamh as, agus le f\u00edrinne, de r\u00e9ir mar a chuaigh m\u00e9 chun tosaigh sa leabhar, is ea ba dheacra a bh\u00ed s\u00e9 an leabhar a leagan uaim, n\u00f3 bh\u00ed de bhua ag an \u00fadar seo, go raibh ar a chumas, dul i gcionn ar an l\u00e9itheoir, lena scileanna mar sc\u00e9ala\u00ed agus mar scr\u00edbhneoir.  Scr\u00edbhneoir eolgaiseach, Meirice\u00e1nach, isea an fear seo, a bhfuil bean agus mac mar ch\u00faram air, agus c\u00f3na\u00ed air i Maine, sna St\u00e1it Aontaithe. Seo an dara h\u00farsc\u00e9al uaidh, agus an p\u00e9ire acu bunaithe ar an Dara Cogadh Domhanda.  \u2018Double Cross Blind\u2019  a bhaist s\u00e9 ar a ch\u00e9ad leabhar.<\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">Second World War<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-size:14pt\">Su\u00edonn s\u00e9 an dara sc\u00e9al seo i bhF\u00f3mhar na bliana 1942, nuair a bh\u00ed an Dara Cogadh Domhanda ag r\u00e9abadh leis ina loscadh sl\u00e9ibhe, thoir agus thiar. Ag an am cinni\u00fanach sin, bh\u00ed Arm Hitler s\u00e1ite go dt\u00ed na cluasa, thart ar chathair Stalingrad, agus iad ar a mine g\u00e9ire ag iarraidh bua a fh\u00e1il ar na saighdi\u00fair\u00ed R\u00faiseacha, a bh\u00ed faoi l\u00e9igear acu sa chathair sin. Bh\u00ed ag teacht cruaidh ar na R\u00faisigh, agus na m\u00edlte agus na m\u00edlte d\u00e1 lucht cosanta \u00e1 nd\u00edthi\u00fa, chuile l\u00e1. Ansin, de r\u00e9ir an \u00fadair seo, stop an gle\u00e1radh, thart ar an seacht\u00fa l\u00e1 de Dheireadh F\u00f3mhair, agus i n\u00f3ta ina dhialann, faoin nd\u00e1ta sin, scr\u00edobh an Ginear\u00e1l von Richthoren, Ceannasa\u00ed an Luftwaffe.            \u201cAbsolute quiet at Stalingrad.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Tuige? a d\u2019fhiarfr\u00f3dh an duine fiosrach. Thart ar an dtarl\u00faint sin a chumann an t-\u00farsc\u00e9ala\u00ed scili\u00fail seo a sc\u00e9al. Ach, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">f\u00e1gaimis \u00e9 si\u00fad mar at\u00e1 s\u00e9, agus d\u00edr\u00edmis \u00e1r n-aire ar an dtaobh eile den choga\u00edocht in Iarthar na hEorpa.<\/span><\/p><h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt\">Intelligence gathering<\/h1><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Tamall gearr roimh an d\u00e1ta thuas, tharla go raibh orduithe faighte ag an Leifteanant Grant, agus a phi\u00f3lota, an S\u00e1irsint \u201cRacket\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> McNeil, eitilt os cionn an chuid sin den bhFrainc, a bh\u00ed i seilbh na nGearm\u00e1nach. \u00c9asca go leor, a cheap siad, ar dhul ar eite d\u00f3ibh. N\u00ed mar a sh\u00edltear a bh\u00edtear go minic, \u00e1fach, n\u00f3 ar an misean sin d\u00f3ibh, fuair siad spl\u00e9achadh ar shoitheach eitilte de chine\u00e1l nach bhfaca siad a leith\u00e9id riamh roimhe sin, ach tuigeadh do na Gearm\u00e1naigh, go raibh a r\u00fan feicthe acu, agus ba \u00e9 toradh a bh\u00ed ar sin n\u00f3 gur ionsa\u00edodh iad, agus gur leagadh a n-\u00e1rthach go talamh, ach \u00f3 tharla gur ionsa\u00edodh iad c\u00f3ngarach do theorain<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">n na hEilbh\u00e9ise, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leo \u00e9al\u00f3 isteach san Eilbh\u00e9is. Gabhadh an leifteanant \u00e1fach, agus cuireadh isteach i dteach \u00f3sta i dtosach \u00e9, ach ar ball, sacadh isteach i bpr\u00edos\u00fan \u00e9, n\u00f3 bh\u00ed cuid de na hEilbh\u00e9isigh ar thaobh na nGearm\u00e1nach. Anois, d\u2019\u00e9irigh leis an Leifteanant \u00e9al\u00f3 as an bpr\u00edos\u00fan sin, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">agus \u00e9 ag iarraidh an t-eolas a bh\u00ed cruinnithe aige a chur ar ais chuig a muintir, tr\u00ed theangmh\u00e1il a dh\u00e9anamh le hAmbas\u00e1id Mheirice\u00e1 san Eilbh\u00e9is. Ar\u00eds, bh\u00ed fuar aige, ach ansin, chuaigh s\u00e9 ar a theicheadh, agus \u00e9 ag<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> iarraidh dul i dteangmh\u00e1il le daoine a bheadh s\u00e1sta cabhr\u00fa leis.<\/span><\/p><h1 style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt\">Uisce-faoi-thalamh<\/h1><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Faoi\u2019n am seo, d\u00e1r leis an \u00fadar, theastaigh \u00f3 na R\u00faisigh agus \u00f3 na Gearm\u00e1naigh, connradh a dhearbh\u00f3dh nach n-ions\u00f3dh siad a ch\u00e9ile, a sh\u00edni\u00fa. Thabharfadh sin deis do na Gearm\u00e1naigh d\u00edri\u00fa go hioml\u00e1n ar an gcogadh in Iarthar na hEorpa, agus thabharfadh s\u00e9 deis do na R\u00faisigh athghr\u00fap\u00e1il, agus atharm\u00fa, a dh\u00e9anamh.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Ach ag an am gc\u00e9anna seo, bh\u00ed bean R\u00faiseach san Eilbheis, a raibh fianaise bailithe aice faoin uisce-faoi-thalamh seo, a bh\u00ed ar si\u00fal ag Eilbh\u00e9isigh \u00e1irithe, agus bh\u00ed sise ag iarraidh an t-eolas sin a chur i l\u00e1thair na R\u00faiseach, a bh\u00ed tagtha chuig an Eilbh\u00e9is, leis an gconradh sin a dh\u00e9anamh agus a sh\u00edni\u00fa. Th\u00e1inig chun na hEilbh\u00e9ise freisin, Akimov, Ceannaire R\u00faiseach \u00f3 chathair Stalingrad, n\u00f3 ba \u00ed a bhean tr\u00e1th \u00ed, an bhean sin a raibh an fhianaise faoin uisce-faoi-thalamh \u00fad bailithe aice, agus \u00e9 mar aidhm<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"> aige, an t-eolas sin a mhealladh uaithi, ar mhaithe le coinn\u00edollacha n\u00edos fearr a fh\u00e1isceadh as na Gearm\u00e1naigh. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:18pt\">Every man for himself<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">Sea, chuile dhuine agus a phort fead\u00edola fh\u00e9in \u00e1 sheinm aige, agus chuile dhuine acu ag cr\u00f3n\u00e1n ar mhaithe leis fh\u00e9in, ar bhealach amh\u00e1in, n\u00f3 ar bhealach eile, ach t\u00e1 fait\u00edos orm, go gcaithfidh t\u00fa an leabhar a fh\u00e1il, agus a l\u00e9amh, m\u00e1s uait fios <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\">f\u00e1tha gach sc\u00e9il a fh\u00e1il. Cad \u00e9 an toradh a bh\u00ed ar an uisce-faoi-thalamh go l\u00e9ir? Ar \u00e9irigh leis na R\u00faisigh an fhianaise th\u00e1bhachtach \u00fad a fh\u00e1il in am, le br\u00fa a chur ar na Naitsithe? N\u00f3 ar \u00e9irigh leis an Leifteanant an t-eolas faoin \u00e1rthach r\u00fanda \u00fad a chur ar ais chuig F\u00f3rsa\u00ed Sl\u00e1nd\u00e1la na gComhghuallaithe? Sea, ar\u00eds, caithfidh t\u00fa an leabhar a fh\u00e1il agus a l\u00e9amh, leis an eolas sin a thioms\u00fa. Ach, bainfidh t\u00fa taitneamh as an leabhar dea-scr\u00edofa, dea-chumtha seo, cuirfidh m\u00e9 geall.   <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;padding-top:0;margin-bottom:0pt;padding-bottom:0;line-height:2.4\"><span style=\"height:1em\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mB\u00e9al an Phobail Peadar Bair\u00e9ad White Flag Down by Joel Ross . An Interesting Read Th\u00e1inig m\u00e9 ar an leabhar seo, ar na mallaibh, agus caithfidh m\u00e9 a admh\u00e1il, gur bhain m\u00e9 l\u00e1n-taitneamh as, agus le f\u00edrinne, de r\u00e9ir mar a chuaigh m\u00e9 chun tosaigh sa leabhar, is ea ba dheacra a bh\u00ed s\u00e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12754,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12753\/revisions\/12754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}