Northern campaign (Irish Republican Army)

Northern campaign
Date	2 September 1942 – December 1944
Location	Mainly the border area between Northern Ireland and Ireland
Result	British Victory
Belligerents
Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary; Ireland Garda Síochána;	IRA
Commanders and leaders
J. M. Andrews; Basil Brooke; Éamon de Valera	Hugh McAteer; Charlie Kerins
Strength
Unknown	~300-500 volunteers
Casualties and losses
6 killed; Unknown wounded	3 killed; Unknown wounded

The Northern campaign was a series of attacks by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Northern Command between September 1942 and December 1944 against the security forces in Northern Ireland. The action taken by the Northern Irish and the Irish governments as a result of these attacks shattered the IRA and resulted in the former being free from IRA activity by the end of World War II.

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