The Border Campaign
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The Border Campaign was a 1956–57 Irish Republican Army guerrilla operation aimed at ending British rule in Northern Ireland by attacking targets along the border.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Border Campaign canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish Republican Army campaign
ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ guerrilla campaign ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
IRA Border Campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Harvest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Ulster Constabulary NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | dozens of people killed and injured ⓘ |
| conflict | The Troubles precursor conflicts ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1962-02-26 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Official IRA campaign
ⓘ
Provisional IRA campaign ⓘ |
| goal |
achieve Irish reunification
ⓘ
end British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ force British withdrawal from Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
influenced later strategies of the Provisional IRA
ⓘ
last major IRA campaign before the late 1960s ⓘ |
| ideology |
Irish republicanism
ⓘ
anti-partitionism ⓘ |
| ledBy | IRA Chief of Staff Seán Cronin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalConsequence | internment and imprisonment of IRA members ⓘ |
| location |
Northern Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Ireland–Northern Ireland border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
attacks on security installations
ⓘ
bombing attacks ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ sabotage ⓘ |
| notableEvent | simultaneous attacks on police barracks on 12 December 1956 ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Irish government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Ireland government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Irish Republican Army (IRA) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish republican–British conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Irish Republican Army activities in the 1940s ⓘ |
| region | Ulster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Irish Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ The Troubles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
IRA cessation of campaign in 1962
ⓘ
failure to achieve strategic objectives ⓘ limited public support in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| startDate | 1956-12-12 ⓘ |
| target |
British Army installations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks ⓘ infrastructure near the border ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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