Northern Campaign | |||||||
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Part of Second World War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Irish Republican Army | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Miller Andrews (1942–43) |
Hugh McAteer Charlie Kerins |
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Strength | |||||||
unknown | ~300-500 volunteers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
6 killed unknown wounded |
3 killed unknown wounded |
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.