Outbreak of the Irish War of Independence - Black and Tans vs. IRA Guerrillas (Documentary)

Watch The Great War on Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/the-great-war The movement for more Irish self determination had turned into a full out revolutionary movement by 1919. The British Empire was losing control over Ireland and by early 1920 was in a full out guerrilla war against the Irish Republican Army (IRA). To regain control more police forces were recruited with wide ranging authorities - and a lack of actual police training. With their mismatched equipment made from war supplies, they soon got the nickname "Black and Tans".   » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegreatwar  Become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcyEsEjhPEDf69RRVhRh4A/join   » OUR PODCAST https://realtimehistory.net/podcast - interviews with World War 1 historians and background info for the show.   » BUY OUR SOURCES IN OUR AMAZON STORES https://realtimehistory.net/amazon * *Buying via this link supports The Great War (Affiliate-Link)   » SOURCES  Bowen, Tom, “The Irish Underground and the War of Independence 1919-21” Journal of Contemporary History Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr., 1973), pp. 3-23 Hopkinson, Michael, The Irish War of Independence, (Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2002) Leeson, David, The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920-1921, (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011) Lowe, W.J., “Who Were the Black-and-Tans”, History Ireland (Autumn 2004) Townshend, Charles, The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923, (London : Penguin Books, 2013) » MORE THE GREAT WAR Website: https://realtimehistory.net  Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheGreatWarYT Instagram: https://instagram.com/the_great_war Twitter: https://twitter.com/WW1_Series Reddit: htpps://reddit.com/r/TheGreatWarChannel   » OTHER PROJECTS  16 DAYS IN BERLIN: https://realtimehistory.net/pages/16-days-in-berlin   »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Maps: Daniel Kogosov (https://www.patreon.com/Zalezsky) Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig   Channel Design: Alexander Clark Original Logo: David van Stephold   Contains licensed material by getty images All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2020