Operation Demetrius (internment)
1971 · Event
British army interns hundreds of suspected republicans without trial; alienates Catholic population and intensifies the Troubles.
On these timelines: The Troubles, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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- The IRA declares a ceasefire (1994)
- Bobby Sands is elected from his death-bed (1981)
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- Mountbatten and Warrenpoint (1979)
- The Birmingham pub bombings (1974)
- The Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985)
Around 1971
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