Northern Campaign (IRA)

Northern Campaign
Part of Second World War
Date 2 September 1942 – December 1944 Location Mainly the border area between Northern Ireland and Ireland Result IRA defeat
Belligerents
Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary Ireland Garda Síochána	Irish Republican Army
Commanders and leaders
John Miller Andrews (1942–43) Sir Basil Brooke (1943–44) Éamon de Valera	Hugh McAteer Charlie Kerins
Strength
unknown	~300-500 volunteers
Casualties and losses
6 killed unknown wounded	3 killed unknown wounded

Northern Ireland

Ireland

John Miller Andrews (1942–43)
Sir Basil Brooke (1943–44)

The Northern Campaign was a series of attacks by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Northern Command between September 1942 and December 1944 against the security forces in Northern Ireland. The action taken by the Northern Ireland and Irish Free State governments as a result of these attacks shattered the IRA and resulted in former being free from IRA activity by the end of World War Two.

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