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In early 1921 the AngloIrish War/Irish War of Independence reached its bloody climax. Multiple IRA ambushes led to British soldiers being killed, at the same time the IRA walked on "very thin ice" and overstretched their resources.
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Anonymous. “The Enemy’s Failure”, An tÓglach, Vol. 2, No. 24 (March 1, 1921)
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