The Irish War of IndependenceGill & Macmillan, 2002 - 274 pagine The Irish War of Independence was a sporadic guerrilla campaign which lasted from January 1919 until July 1921. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked the forces of the British crown with the intention of breaking Britain's will to rule Ireland. This campaign paralleled the political efforts of Sinn Fein to create an independent Irish republic. |
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... attack them had symbolic and psychological implications which were even more important than the physical ones . In appreciation of the siege- like conditions for the RIC in much of rural Ireland , the police garrisons were evacuated ...
... attack them had symbolic and psychological implications which were even more important than the physical ones . In appreciation of the siege- like conditions for the RIC in much of rural Ireland , the police garrisons were evacuated ...
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... attacks did , however , have symbolic importance underlining the collapse of British administration , and in some cases , the central purpose of capture of arms and ammunition was achieved . The first successful barracks attack in ...
... attacks did , however , have symbolic importance underlining the collapse of British administration , and in some cases , the central purpose of capture of arms and ammunition was achieved . The first successful barracks attack in ...
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... attack when we were on the verge of success . We discovered later that , half an hour after we had left , the garrison were forced to leave the burning building . ' Andy Cooney , later Chief of Staff in the post - Civil War IRA , who ...
... attack when we were on the verge of success . We discovered later that , half an hour after we had left , the garrison were forced to leave the burning building . ' Andy Cooney , later Chief of Staff in the post - Civil War IRA , who ...
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Background to the Irish Revolution | 13 |
Outline of the War January 1919June 1920 | 27 |
British Administration 1919April 1920 | 33 |
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