Bloody Climax Of The Anglo-Irish War - And A Truce I THE GREAT WAR 1921

Sign up for Curiosity Stream and get Nebula bundled in and SAVE 26%: https://curiositystream.com/thegreatwar In early 1921 the Anglo-Irish War/Irish War of Independence reached its bloody climax. Multiple IRA ambushes led to British soldiers being killed, at the same time the IRA walked on "very thin ice" and overstretched their resources. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegreatwar Become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A/join » OUR PODCAST https://realtimehistory.net/podcast - interviews with World War 1 historians and background info for the show. » BUY OUR SOURCES IN OUR AMAZON STORES https://realtimehistory.net/amazon * *Buying via this link supports The Great War (Affiliate-Link) » SOURCES Anonymous. “The Enemy’s Failure”, An tÓglach, Vol. 2, No. 24 (March 1, 1921) Bell, J Bowyer. “The Secret Army: The IRA” (London: Sphere, 1972) Dorney, John. “War of Independence: the bloodiest six months”, The Irish Times, (3 June 2020) Fairbrother, Henry. “The British Army Presence in Dublin” Dublin Historical Record, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Spring / Summer 2017) Hopkinson, Michael. “The Irish War of Independence”, (Cork : Gill & Macmillan, 2014) Lawlor, S. M. “Ireland from Truce to Treaty: War or Peace? July to October 1921” Irish Historical Studies, Vol. 22, No. 85 (Mar., 1980) O’Donoghue, Florence. “No Other Law” (Dublin : Anvil Books, 1986) Townshend, Charles. “The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923”, (London : Penguin Books, 2014) » MORE THE GREAT WAR Website: https://realtimehistory.net Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheGreatWarYT Instagram: https://instagram.com/the_great_war Twitter: https://twitter.com/WW1_Series Reddit: htpps://reddit.com/r/TheGreatWarChannel » OTHER PROJECTS 16 DAYS IN BERLIN: https://realtimehistory.net/pages/16-days-in-berlin »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Maps: Daniel Kogosov (https://www.patreon.com/Zalezsky) Research by: Mark Newton Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2021