This chapter will look at Irish enlistment in the British armed forces, which ranged from employment to opposition to Nazism and the defence of Ireland, a sense of a bond or loyalty towards the UK in its darkest hour by some Southern Irish Protestants. In addition, many were ‘hereditary soldiers’ coming from military families and endo-recruitment. This will be followed by a look at the attitudes of the Protestant Associations and the Orange Order in the border counties towards the war, and how they reacted to certain events, such as the Belfast Blitz. The chapter will then look at how the Emergency affected national politics in Éire, such as James Dillon’s anti-neutrality and comments by the Bishop of Clogher that targeted Protestants. This will be followed by an analysis of how local politics were affected, particularly investigating the impact of the Local Government Act, 1941 on the 1942 local elections, to determine whether Fianna Fáil tried to gerrymander the election against the Protestant Associations. The chapter will then assess the reaction of the Protestant community to the Allied victory in 1945 and will explain why the Irish government refused to acknowledge the military service of Irish veterans.