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[[File:Eiresign.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Markings to alert aircraft to neutral Republic of Ireland ("Éire") during [[World War II]] on [[Malin Head]], [[County Donegal]]]]
'''Plan W''', during [[World War II]], was a plan of joint military operations between the governments of the [[
Although the Republic of Ireland was [[Irish neutrality|officially neutral]], after the German [[Blitzkrieg]]s of 1939–40 that resulted in the defeat of Poland, the Low Countries and France, the British recognised that Germany planned an invasion of Britain ([[Operation Sea Lion]]) and were also concerned about the possibility of a German invasion of Ireland. German planning for [[Operation Green (Ireland)|Operation Green]] began in May 1940 and the British began [[Ultra|intercepting communications]] about it in June. The British were interested in securing Ireland, as its capture by German forces would expose their western flank and provide a base of operations for the [[Luftwaffe]] in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] and in any operations launched to invade Great Britain as part of Operation Sea Lion.
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