Anglo-Irish War

The Anglo-Irish War or the Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla war fought from 1919 to 1922 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and the British security forces in Ireland. Some consider it part of the post-WWI European revolutionary period, but others point to the different reasons for the Irish republican uprising and the wave of revolutions in Europe.
==Background==
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== Initial hostilities ==
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== Course of the War ==
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== End of the War ==
Main article: Battle of Dublin
The end of the war was sudden and bloody. Sir Nevil Macready, the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in Ireland, executed brutal attacks in Dublin and Cork on locations believed to be harbouring Sinn Féin, IRA, and ICA leaders.
Although civilian casualties were relatively common during the war, the Battle of Dublin was shocking for its unprecedented level of civilian casualties. It resulted in the deaths of many prominent Irish republicans, and led to the dismissal of Macready and a hasty ceasefire between Irish and British forces.
== Anglo-Irish Treaty ==
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on 3 March, 1922. It formalised the partition of Ireland, in which the counties of Londonderry, Antrim, Down, and Armagh were assigned to Northern Ireland, which was to remain a constituent part of the United Kingdom. The Irish Republic was abolished, and in its place the Crown Dominion of Ireland was established. 
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