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Northern Campaign (Irish Republican Army)

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

United Kingdom Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland Ireland

IrishRepublicanFlag.png Irish Republican Army
Commanders and leaders

United Kingdom John Miller Andrews (1942–43)
United KingdomSir Basil Brooke (1943–44)

Republic of Ireland Éamon de Valera
IrishRepublicanFlag.png Hugh McAteer
IrishRepublicanFlag.png Charlie Kerins
Strength
unknown ~300-500 volunteers
Casualties and losses
6 killed
unknown wounded
3 killed
unknown wounded

United Kingdom Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland Ireland

United Kingdom John Miller Andrews (1942–43)
United KingdomSir 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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