British Army armoured cars in the War of Independence

By Lar Joye The War of Independence was fought in three phases. From 1918 to 1919 there were small-scale attacks on the police, with the destruction of minor outposts and assassinations of policemen. Until October 1920 there were larger-scale attacks on police stations, and during the summer of that year the Black and Tans and ... Read more

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