Bloody Friday (1972)
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Bloody Friday is the name given to the bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 21 July 1972, during the Troubles. At least twenty bombs exploded in the space
The Laganbank Road exit from the bus station in Oxford Street where six people were killed
Aftermath of the Oxford Street bomb showing the remains of one of the victims being shovelled into a bag
Operation Motorman
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Operation Motorman was a large operation carried out by the British Army in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The operation took place in the early hours of 31 July 1972 with the aim of retaking t
Bloody Friday (1972)
…organisation. Immediately after the bombings, the security forces carried out raids on the homes of republicans. Ten days later, the British Army launched Operation Motorman, in which it re-took the no-go areas controlled by Republicans. Loyalist paramilitaries also reacted to the bombings by carrying out "revenge" attacks…
HMS Fearless landed troops and armoured engineering vehicles at Derry
A Centurion AVRE, as used by the Army in Operation Motorman (Exhibit at the Royal Engineers Museum, Kent)