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Title: History Of The Day - British Troops Are Deployed in Northern Ireland (1969)
Post by: TFD on Aug 14, 2012, 05:30 AM
In August 1969, tensions between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland came to a head in the predominantly-Catholic Bogside neighborhood of Londonderry. For days, fighting raged with Catholic residents on one side and police and Protestant residents on the other. On August 14, British troops were deployed to restore order. Some consider that day to be the definitive beginning of the decades-long conflict known as The Troubles. How did residents react to the arrival of the army? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst27995_British-Troops-Are-Deployed-in-Northern-Ireland--1969-.aspx)



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