How the Troubles became a bloody war

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  @ImperialWarMuseums · 3 years ago · pinned

  Thanks for watching! Please remember to be polite in the comments. Any comments that we consider to be offensive or aggressive will be removed. <br> <br>Watch the rest of our Troubles series: <br>Episode 1 - Origins: &nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHLYeBtGvOg">https://youtu.be/IHLYeBtGvOg</a> <br>Episode 3 - Division: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNmcRoNMC5E">https://youtu.be/NNmcRoNMC5E </a><br>Episode 4 - Peace: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5RlWxirYYM">https://youtu.be/F5RlWxirYYM </a><br>Behind the scenes of our exhibition - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5szVTilBEo">https://youtu.be/l5szVTilBEo</a>

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  @1916jamesconnolly · 3 years ago

  As someone who grew up on the Falls road during the Troubles I like this documentary, it doesn&apos;t take any sides, it just states the facts. No Angels or Heroes on any side, just bloodshed, death and total misery for many families. Even with it all there are no more friendly people than the ordinary non sectarian people of N. Ireland. And these people are the Majority despite what you hear on the News.

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  @matthew1882 · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s almost impossible to give an objective overview of The Troubles but this is probably one of the better efforts I&apos;ve seen.

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  @seanheeney4517 · 3 years ago

  Dirty protest was because anytime they left the cells they were beaten and tortured by the guards... This documentary leaves out a lot of key details

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  @dominic292oldaccount · 1 year ago

  As a 28 y/o Brit myself, thank you for these videos. Unfortunately, any dark part (there’s a lot) of Britain’s history, our education system absolutely neglects, ignores and will never bring to light. We have to individually do our own research. <br><br>The ignorance and naivety of Brits today who don’t know about the troubles is not intended, more so, people born in the 90’s we were never taught. I’m proud to be British, but we need to acknowledge and accept our history, good and bad.

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  @wataboutya9310 · 3 years ago

  This is a pretty accurate telling of the events that took place during that time. I know, because I was there. I had just turned sixteen and was serving my first-year apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering when the Ulster Workers Council strike brought Northern Ireland to a standstill. Parents were talking about sending the young children over to Scotland for safety because many thought all out civil war was coming and it was going to be a blood bath.

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  @conchurkunda8190 · 1 year ago

  It&apos;s sad that even today there is still this underlying feeling of separation. As someone who grew up in Derry from 2008 to 2018, from ages 11 - 19 there was always this uneasy feeling when walking at night. You never knew who you would run into or what their stance was. Although everyone likes to say that it&apos;s all in the past, that doesn&apos;t mean that is how they truly feel in their heart

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  @spiritd4ys · 2 years ago

  Ulsterization could be partially attributed to the Warrenpoint ambush where the provisional IRA killed 18 paratroopers and Lord Louis Mountbatten on August 27th 1979, I&apos;m surprised the video didn&apos;t mention this since it was a significant incident during the period.

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  @boyle972 · 3 years ago

  I wish all the people of the North and South a better future &nbsp;peace ✌️

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  @zhicaofang2354 · 3 years ago

  I stayed in Dublin for two weeks last November and got quite a bit of education about history of Irish Independence movement, Sinn Fein, and Irish Republicanism in all the museums there, but the part about the Troubles and the Irish Republic&apos;s attitude towards the NI situation is a bit vague and hasty for me. Glad to see IWM publish this series at the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, will definitely continue watching

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  @ak9989 · 3 years ago

  I traveled from California to London just to visit the Imperial War Museum. It&apos;s amazing.

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  @randomoto928 · 1 year ago

  As an amateur long-time student of the Troubles, I think this is documentary is fantastic. I&apos;m very impressed with the Imperial War Museums and whoever put this together. Thank you!

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