Operation Demetrius (internment)
1971 · Event
British army interns hundreds of suspected republicans without trial; alienates Catholic population and intensifies the Troubles.
On these timelines: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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