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Total BS. Irish War of Independence is a good example of guerrilla warfare beating the oppressor, and the British did not subscribe to 'laws of armed conflict'
by lyrr 7y ago
Total BS. Irish War of Independence is a good example of guerrilla warfare beating the oppressor, and the British did not subscribe to 'laws of armed conflict' in the slightest:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1920) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1920)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Tans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Cork https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Cork
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- barry-cotter 7y agoThe British had just finished WWI, they were broke and they had narrowly avoided having a civil war over granting Irish Home Rule by virtue of WWI breaking out[1]. If they had been willing to follow the same tactics in Ireland as they had in South Africa only 20 years before they’d have won. Armed irregulars cannot win against a well trained regular army that has massive superiority in terms of training, discipline and logistics if the regular army is willing to kill everyone and the irregulars know that. People are generally not willing to die when they know defeat is certain if life is an option. If the British had been willing to be as brutal as Cromwell to retain Ireland they’d have won. They weren’t. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curragh_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curragh_incident