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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Border Campaign 3
The Border Campaign canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish Republican Army campaign
armed conflict
guerrilla campaign
alsoKnownAs IRA Border Campaign
Operation Harvest
belligerent British Army
Irish Republican Army
Royal Ulster Constabulary
United Kingdom
casualties dozens of people killed and injured
conflict The Troubles precursor conflicts
country Ireland
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
legalConsequence internment and imprisonment of IRA members
location Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland–Northern Ireland border
linked to: Irish border
method attacks on security installations
bombing attacks
guerrilla warfare
sabotage
notableEvent simultaneous attacks on police barracks on 12 December 1956
opposedBy Irish government
Northern Ireland government
organizedBy Irish Republican Army (IRA)
partOf Irish republican–British conflict
precededBy Irish Republican Army activities in the 1940s
region Ulster
relatedTo Irish Civil War
Irish War of Independence
The Troubles
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
linked to: British Army estate

Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks
infrastructure near the border
timePeriod Cold War era
linked to: Cold War

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The Spirit Level hasPart The Border Campaign
Cathal Goulding participatedIn Border Campaign
linked to: The Border Campaign
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh participatedIn Border Campaign
linked to: The Border Campaign
Battle of Hoa Binh precededBy Border Campaign
linked to: The Border Campaign