{"id":55656,"date":"2020-03-15T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=55656"},"modified":"2020-03-14T09:47:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T13:47:41","slug":"irish-war-of-independence-black-and-tans-vs-ira-guerrillas-i-the-great-war-1920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/03\/15\/irish-war-of-independence-black-and-tans-vs-ira-guerrillas-i-the-great-war-1920\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish War of Independence &#8211; Black and Tans vs. IRA Guerrillas I THE GREAT WAR 1920"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/31lilUvmXUA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 14 Mar 2020<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for Curiosity Stream and Nebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The movement for more Irish self determination had turned into a full out revolutionary movement by 1919. The British Empire was losing control over Ireland and by early 1920 was in a full out guerrilla war against the Irish Republican Army (IRA). To regain control more police forces were recruited with wide ranging authorities &#8211; and a lack of actual police training. With their mismatched equipment made from war supplies, they soon got the nickname &#8220;Black and Tans&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nPatreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thegreatwar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thegreatwar<\/a><br \/>\nMerchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.de\/thegreatwar\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.de\/thegreatwar\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES <\/p>\n<p>Bowen, Tom, &#8220;The Irish Underground and the War of Independence 1919-21&#8221; <em>Journal of Contemporary History<\/em> Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr., 1973), pp. 3-23<\/p>\n<p>Hopkinson, Michael, <em>The Irish War of Independence<\/em>, (Montreal &#038; Kingston : McGill-Queen&#8217;s University Press, 2002)<\/p>\n<p>Leeson, David, <em>The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920-1921<\/em>, (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011)<\/p>\n<p>Lowe, W.J., &#8220;Who Were the Black-and-Tans&#8221;, <em>History Ireland<\/em> (Autumn 2004)<\/p>\n<p>Townshend, Charles, <em>The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923<\/em>, (London : Penguin Books, 2013)<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOCIAL MEDIA<br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/the_great_war\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/the_great_war<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WW1_Series\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/WW1_Series<\/a><br \/>\nReddit: <a href=\"https:\/\/reddit.com\/r\/TheGreatWarChannel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/reddit.com\/r\/TheGreatWarChannel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller &#038; Florian Wittig<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: Toni Steller<br \/>\nSound: Toni Steller<br \/>\nEditing: Jose Gamez, Toni Steller<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nMaps: Daniel Kogosov (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Zalezsky\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Zalezsky<\/a>)<br \/>\nResearch by: Mark Newton<br \/>\nFact checking: Florian Wittig<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Alexander Clark<br \/>\nOriginal Logo: David van Stephold<\/p>\n<p>A Mediakraft Networks Original Channel<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-15-Irish-War-of-Independence-\u2013-Black-and-Tans-vs-IRA-Guerrillas-I-THE-GREAT-WAR-1920.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-15-Irish-War-of-Independence-\u2013-Black-and-Tans-vs-IRA-Guerrillas-I-THE-GREAT-WAR-1920-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-15-Irish-War-of-Independence-\u2013-Black-and-Tans-vs-IRA-Guerrillas-I-THE-GREAT-WAR-1920-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-15-Irish-War-of-Independence-\u2013-Black-and-Tans-vs-IRA-Guerrillas-I-THE-GREAT-WAR-1920-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-15-Irish-War-of-Independence-\u2013-Black-and-Tans-vs-IRA-Guerrillas-I-THE-GREAT-WAR-1920-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-15-Irish-War-of-Independence-\u2013-Black-and-Tans-vs-IRA-Guerrillas-I-THE-GREAT-WAR-1920-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-15-Irish-War-of-Independence-\u2013-Black-and-Tans-vs-IRA-Guerrillas-I-THE-GREAT-WAR-1920.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great War Published 14 Mar 2020 Sign up for Curiosity Stream and Nebula: https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar The movement for more Irish self determination had turned into a full out revolutionary movement by 1919. 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