The Methods Of The IRA Flashcards
1
Q
What is guerilla warfare?
A
A tactic involving ambushes and hit-and-run methods
2
Q
What happened to RIC barracks?
A
Attacked and raided for their arms/ ammunition
3
Q
Who was the Director of Intelligence?
A
Michael Collins
4
Q
What did Collins do?
A
Organised an intelligence network of spies to gather information from a wide range of people such as secretaries
5
Q
Who was ‘The Squad’?
A
‘The 12 Apostles’ were assassins who killed British spies and detectives
6
Q
What are flying columns?
A
Local units that took part in large-scale ambushes, raided local police stations for arms and helped organise IRA in rural areas
7
Q
What did the local people do with the flying columns?
A
Fed and sheltered them, making it hard for the British to locate them
