History GCSE
IRA campaigns and security responses
What IRA campaigns and security responses means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of IRA campaigns and security responses
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Campaigns from 1969 to 1994 involving mainland bombing and heightened security measures in Britain and Northern Ireland, with a political response leading towards the 1990s peace process.
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