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Jul 16, 2019 · Republic of Ireland fearful of a British Withdrawal from the North. Declassified government papers show at the height of the troubles Prime Minister Harold Wilson held a number of meetings with members of his cabinet to discuss the feasibility of a military withdrawal and repartitioning the country in favour of the Irish Republic.
While the withdrawal of troops was welcomed by nationalist political parties the Social Democratic and Labour Party and Sinn Féin, the unionist Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Unionist Party opposed the decision, which they regarded as 'premature'. The main reasons behind their resistance were the continuing activity of republican ...
Aug 14, 2019 · So why did the Wilson government agree to the Unionist government’s request that troops be sent in? They knew reforms were needed and, faced with urban insurrection had to be granted, but shied away from taking the obvious step: abolishing the Unionist regime and taken direct control over Northern Ireland state.
The British Home Secretary James Callaghan was in a plane on his way to talks with Prime Minister Harold Wilson in Cornwall when he received a radio-telephone call asking for troops to be deployed.
The army's warm welcome was short-lived, as was the British Government's intention to pull out the troops within days. It soon became clear the violence was not going to end. As more...
The atrocity shocked people on all sides, but it also spurred moderate Irish nationalists to seek a political solution to the conflict. As the numbers of troops deployed in the Northern Ireland fluctuated, counter-terrorist action by the British Army and intelligence agencies was stepped up.
Aug 14, 2019 · Around 50 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment were at the site when two men were spotted acting suspiciously in the early hours of the morning of February 20. The barracks was...
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