What Was It Like Serving In Northern Ireland During The Troubles? | Forces TV
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2019
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Northern Ireland has been remembering the start of Operation Banner 50 years ago. It is when British troops were deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland and stayed for more than three decades. We have been speaking to some of those who served during that period which became known as 'the Troubles'.
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“In Londonderry where families claim their loved ones were killed unlawfully by British troops….”
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I was there 1976 and 1979-1980. Saw the RUC throwing stones at peacfull marchers for no good reason and I saw them beat up a skinny old man one Sunday afternoon. The old man was a bit drunk after a lunch-time seesh and was struggling to get his key into the lock on his front door. Two Ruc officers give him a few licks with their battons for being born on the wrong side of the political divide. I was only 18 at the time and unsure what to do. Spoke to my platoon commander and he didn't know what to do either. So we stood back and did nothing. We behaved like cowards. He later reminded me that our role in NI was to support the RUC.
800 years military deployment is a long time.
3 men with small amounts of weapons vs a platoon on patrol..... cowards?
Let’s hope, that this doesn’t come back.
English. Served in NI late 90s. Saw some disgusting behaviour by the police. There was always an excuse.
Some of the worst enemies and most devastating conflicts are the ones fought in your home against your neighbors and country people.
love how they casually admitted that internment was just for Republican suspects, zero loyalists were interned. Nice to see the impartiality in operation.
When the reporter talks about internment, just think about the reality of what that means... jailing people without trial is a hallmark of a dictatorship, not a supposed democracy, yet this was deemed appropriate for NI in 1971.
Soldiers in the early days were very young, ill prepared for that type of conflict, put at very significant risk. The British were thrown in there having learn how to cope on the run. The Govt was out of touch even disinterested with the soldiers and Irish peoples situation, military operations were protracted, adhoc, even dysfunctional. Shame they could not have commenced the peace process in 1972, the commanding officer in Ireland and MI5 and RUC Special Branch basically recommended a de escalation at the time. Pity the soldiers and Irish people for what they went through. Politicians could have done a much better job ie Margaret Thatcher.
both sides did disgusting things in the name of peace
One sided programme. No mention of why the army HAD to be in NI
The British working class sent over in uniforms to suppress the Irish working class. Margaret Thatcher and the parachute regiment were the best recruiting agents that the IRA ever had. I knew that they were not my army when a para grabbed me by the throat in my own bedroom. After that and other incidents including a female neighbour and mother having half her face shot off by a para, I vowed to make their lives as unpleasant as possible.
Let us not forget the Army was deployed there in the first place to prevent LOYALISTS burning Catholics out of their homes (Ethnic cleansing basically) Unite Ireland and let the Loyalists move to England if they love it so much !! Always amazed me how little English squaddies knew about the history of Ireland given it was the English who caused the problems in the first place.
Op Banner, the 'Forgotten War'. I did a total of two years, 11 months and five days between 1988 and 1997. Had some great times, had some horrible times. Worked hard, sometimes silly hours for days on end. Had a fantastic social life when I was based in Palace Barracks with Bangor seaside resort just up the road! Great people in Northern Ireland, from both sides of the divide. Its good to know that the dark days of 'The Troubles' are no longer plaguing NI. To the men and women who lost their lives on Op Banner, never forgotten.
Thank you to all who served 🇬🇧
That soldier saying they were cowards.. really you were in the army. It's called an ambush, popular tactic. And guerrilla warfare, hit run hide. Hard to fight that, have a look at the taliban
As an American I'm sympathetic to the Irish Cause.
If the roles where reversed and it was the Irish army setting up check points all over England what would you think the English reaction would be