Battle of Lenadoon
1972 gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Lenadoon was a series of gun battles fought over a six day period from 9–14 July 1972[1] between the Provisional IRA and the British Army. It started on Thursday, 9 July 1972 in and around the Lenadoon Avenue area and spread to other places in Belfast. Loyalist paramilitaries and the Official Irish Republican Army were involved in some of the incidents. 28 people in total were killed in Belfast according to the CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths. The violence ended a two-week truce between the forces of the British Government and the IRA.[2]
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Lenadoon Avenue Battle | ||||||||
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Part of The Troubles | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
British Army |
Provisional IRA Official IRA |
Ulster Volunteer Force Ulster Defence Association | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
General Robert Ford Lieutenant Colonel John Charteris Lieutenant Robert Williams-Wynn |
Brendan Hughes Seamus Twomey | Sammy Murphy | ||||||
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UDA South Belfast Brigade Various UVF gunmen | |||||||
Strength | ||||||||
600+ soldiers |
100+ volunteers | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | ||||||||
unknown killed 30 wounded |
2 killed 12 injured 3 (2 from Youth Wing) killed |
At least 1 killed unknown injured | ||||||
14 civilians killed | ||||||||
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