In the later years of the 1910s, and the start of the 1920s, Ireland was embroiled in a bitter Independence War against crown forces. The IRA (only tangentially related to the later group) primarily engaged in guerrilla actions against the police force, the RIC, as well as British soldiers. RIC barracks were a particular target of the IRA and in many parts of the country the police force’s power had been completely broken. The RIC needed reinforcements badly, and Winston Churchill, in his capacity as Minister of War, believed he had the solution. The First World War had recently ended and Churchill decided to hire veterans and send them to Ireland to fight the IRA. This force would go down in history under the nickname “The Black and Tans” owing to their uniforms consisting partially of khaki and partially of black. Churchill also sent another group to Ireland, consisting of former officers, known as The Auxiliaries. Both of these groups would go on to unleash a brutal terror on the ordinary people of Ireland. It would be difficult to list all of the atrocities committed by the Black and Tans but to get some idea of it I will say that they are most well known for open firing on a crowd watching a Gaelic football match in what would become known as Bloody Sunday (one of many Bloody Sundays in Ireland). The victims of Bloody Sunday were not armed rebels, but ordinary Irish civilians. And this would become a pattern during the war, the IRA would carry out an attack on police, army, British intelligence etc. and the Black and Tans would then carry our random atrocities on the civilian population as reprisals. The Auxiliaries, for their part, were no better than The Black and Tans, and are probably most well known for burning the city centre of Cork. For his part, Churchill wanted to use planes to “disperse (the IRA) with machine gun fire and bombs”.
Never forget. Despite the two countries apart in a distance of half of the world; Irish people helped Korean to fight against Japanese occupation, without ever asking compensation. I think Irish people saw that we're in the same position as them, in the same brutal tyranny from bigger empires. George Lewis Shaw is one of the notable Irish sponsor of Korean independence.
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In the later years of the 1910s, and the start of the 1920s, Ireland was embroiled in a bitter Independence War against crown forces. The IRA (only tangentially related to the later group) primarily engaged in guerrilla actions against the police force, the RIC, as well as British soldiers. RIC barracks were a particular target of the IRA and in many parts of the country the police force’s power had been completely broken. The RIC needed reinforcements badly, and Winston Churchill, in his capacity as Minister of War, believed he had the solution. The First World War had recently ended and Churchill decided to hire veterans and send them to Ireland to fight the IRA. This force would go down in history under the nickname “The Black and Tans” owing to their uniforms consisting partially of khaki and partially of black. Churchill also sent another group to Ireland, consisting of former officers, known as The Auxiliaries. Both of these groups would go on to unleash a brutal terror on the ordinary people of Ireland. It would be difficult to list all of the atrocities committed by the Black and Tans but to get some idea of it I will say that they are most well known for open firing on a crowd watching a Gaelic football match in what would become known as Bloody Sunday (one of many Bloody Sundays in Ireland). The victims of Bloody Sunday were not armed rebels, but ordinary Irish civilians. And this would become a pattern during the war, the IRA would carry out an attack on police, army, British intelligence etc. and the Black and Tans would then carry our random atrocities on the civilian population as reprisals. The Auxiliaries, for their part, were no better than The Black and Tans, and are probably most well known for burning the city centre of Cork. For his part, Churchill wanted to use planes to “disperse (the IRA) with machine gun fire and bombs”.
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Never forget. Despite the two countries apart in a distance of half of the world; Irish people helped Korean to fight against Japanese occupation, without ever asking compensation. I think Irish people saw that we're in the same position as them, in the same brutal tyranny from bigger empires. George Lewis Shaw is one of the notable Irish sponsor of Korean independence.
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I did not know about George Lewis Shaw. I will look him up! Thanks for sharing!
I recently learned about Roger Casement. What a guy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1WylGWk1LM
Long live the Irish!
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