Northern Campaign (Irish Republican Army)
The Northern Campaign was the series of attacks involving volunteers of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Second World War between September 1942 and December 1944. It was a plan conceived by the then IRA Northern Command to launch attacks within Northern Ireland during this period. The plan, however, did not translate into tangible or co-ordinated action on the part of IRA units during the time frame. The title "Campaign" can largely be interpreted as having meaning only to the IRA Army Council of the period and later generations of IRA volunteers and Irish republicans.
This was the second republican campaign against the Northern Ireland polity. The first took place during the Irish War of Independence, the third took place from 1956–1962, and the fourth took place from 1969–1997.
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