Soldiers' Stories Northern Ireland 2

[@oscarlumley]

It sounds like the soldiers and civilians went through hell. Needless deaths caused by intolerance and fear. RIP every Irish, English, Scottish, and Welsh soul. I hope we can all give their deaths meaning by learning from the mistakes so we can all live in peace

[@Kelly14UK]

Damn right, man. Heavy. Glasgow, Scotland.

[@ethanmorin6024]

Well said

[@paul85039]

The Is a simple English occupation. Who wants another country controling YOUR COUNTRY

[@declanmcdermott]

At the end of the day, The British army were an invading force in the eyes of the Irish, Having said that, They were also sons, Brothers, Nephews etc, Rest In Peace to all on both sides that lost their lives all for the name of religion !!

[@killercd7682]

not in the eyes of the Protestant Irish, who were the majority in Northern Ireland!

[@TheNinyo77]

​@@killercd7682protestant Irish ??? Who are they , you mean unionists ,loyalists who held your sectarian state by hatred !!!! The planted people who weren't from Ireland either !!! Gtfoh .

[@rubydawn1]

I just keep thinking that while this was going on the rest of the world was enjoying life.I think of myself at 20 and I never had to fight any battles none of my family friends did either.I never had to worry about being shoot at or blown up.In 72 I was 17 all my friends and I had to worry about would we get tickets to The Stones concert.I can not imagine.

[@paulquigley9603]

You're welcome 😎

[@t.g.9782]

lucky you ...UP THE PROVO🇮🇪

[@billelliot51]

Up STAKE KNIFE

[@wor53lg50]

​@@billelliot51yeah straight up falls road to collect the queens shilling....

[@wor53lg50]

​@@t.g.9782up mexico ya yankee prik...

[@alastairwest5200]

II & III Para were awesome...

[@TheNinyo77]

Weren't so awesome at narrow water !!! Ehhhh

[@gavinj.1215]

"Now, I don't mind you calling me a bastard, but I don't like you calling me English" 😆😆 That's a Welshman

[@peteroneill3946]

Then beats a women for calling him English and says was 'staged'

[@JCoronaBrownie]

“DON’T EVER CALL ME English ! Nary truer “fighting “words spoken from any indigenous Welsh,Scottish or Irish person ❤😂 😂😂 The reverse is also true… called my English / British in law “Welsh “ & the indignation that erupted “ Don’t call ME Welsh!”😂😂😂 Humanity 😂 Nothing but love & respect toward ALL humans🎉😂

[@Wally-H]

An old school mate of mine was in the British Army and served tours in Northern Ireland. The things he saw completely screwed his head up and he hasn't been the same since. terrible business.

[@BIGINSF]

I was 4 yrs old and visiting family friends in Belfast on Bloody Friday when one of the 22 bombs went off across the street and I could hear the explosions of many of the others in the distance. There's one of many such childhood memories I'll never forget courtesy of the IRA

[@fciii4473]

The brits didn't have one hand tied behind their backs in South Armagh. They were too busy hiding in their little bunkers. They couldn't even drive the roads around places like Cullyhana, Forkhill, and Crossmaglen. The Provos of the 1st and 2nd BN South Armagh get no credit. They really took the roads away from the brits. The brits even had to fly their garbage out of the area. Tom Barry and the 3rd West Cork Column would have been proud.

[@Eamon-gd3yo]

Could of ended it in half an hour but for the law

[@kgkg-nk6rd]

It's sad to Welsh men enforcing English rule on fellow Celts

[@wor53lg50]

What makes you think welsh are all still proper celts??? There's about the same amount of true celt blood as in whats left in the true indigenous english, did you think the romans then the normans genocided and bred us all out, another brainless anglophobe moron who thinks he knows history and clever, here some advice i'd read more of it...

[@10pennysweets]

Skipped over Bloody Sunday very quickly...

[@conorgilsenan3821]

Ye I no right

[@kr-rn9vz]

Typical expect no less from these bastards

[@philipclark7485]

Up the good guys 🇮🇪

[@t.g.9782]

Tiocfaidh a'r l'a

[@andisadler2897]

He forgets to mention all the innocent soldiers blown to bits and all innocent civilians caught up in it. The bombings on the mainland, women and children smashed to bits. Id love to see 10pennysweets in a situation where hes being pelted with bricks and petrol bombs by 100s of people. All those years of waste, bombings and murder didnt get you nowere. UK still rule NI.GOD SAVE OUR QUEEN!.

[@OhNoNotAGinger]

I find this documentary quite biased. Bloody Sunday was completely disregarded. Don't forget that 13 civilians were machine gunned down during a civil rights march. The event is completely cast aside in this documentary

[@rubydawn1]

I dont find it bias I find it just how it was for them going into Ireland.I am on the Irish Catholic side but it is interesting to see how this went down and they do talk about Bloody Sunday .I have empathy for all involved and feel that there where some on all sides that where truly evil but most where just soldiers on differents sides.

[@61505]

and the ira used and abused that tragedy to recruit into their terrorist organisation

[@dermotegan8940]

Martina Murray what would you expect? The Catholics to join a prayer group and pray that they'd be treated like human beings. The British government had the power to cut the IRA off at the legs in the late Sixties but chose to pander to the loyalist elite who didn't want the Catholics to have a voice or a vote. Unfortunately the civil rights protesters where seen as terrorists and the violence and atrocities perpetrated on them was reciprocated by the IRA. I hope we learn something from history.

[@leod-sigefast]

They had SLRs (semi-automatics) not machine guns. Another Fenian mythology. The Paras WERE shot at; Martin McGuiness remained very silent about his actions that day, very telling (many believe he used a sub-machine gun that day). The pandering to the families has of course put 100% blame on the troops (just like Hillsborough). Sorry that those people died but the 100% this way or that way verdicts absolves the provos of any blame. And they were itching for a fight that day.

[@dermotegan8940]

Leode Siefast another Fenian mythology. I'd say your impartial alright😂 Another bigoted unhelpful comment.

[@ggff3761]

Mainly catholic? Internment was exclusively catholic

[@greg_4201]

well, they were the ones planting bombs so go figure...

[@richardloring7545]

There were some prod interened. Not .many but there was a few. Get facts right. Dissent it seem such a waste now looking back whatever side you was on. Terrible times..Most Irishmen I've met seem decent lads .

[@GGGboi]

Scuba Steve the IRA accounted for over 2000 deaths in the troubles...the UVF and UDA was less than 900 combined

[@neasacoyne2706]

Heofonfȳr What a ridiculously ignorant comment , many innocent Catholics were interned, very few ira members were caught for your information.

[@mcdonaldsforlife5480]

@@GGGboi the ruc and army did their killing for them

[@STRANGFORD1]

I was a kid when all this started, thankfully I never got caught up in a riot but cowering in your home hearing all that going on, praying it wouldn't come near you, so many bombs, gun battles, It doesn't matter where it happens, Syria, France, N Ireland, conflict is conflict, air raids or stones, violence is violence and it seeps into the very core of your soul

[@chica476]

It makes me sad to note that in the documentary, a british soldier rhetorically asked why the irish were fighting them... an almost uncanny portrayal of vietnam, except this conflict continued in stalemate.

[@seankenneally3483]

I was thinking the same thing, my father served to combat tours in Vietnam and I noticed that this video interviews a lot of British soldiers saying " we had to fight this war with our hands tied behind our back " and we would have done a lot better had we been unleashed. But my question is... Better for who? Even though I'm American I acknowledge that the Vietnamese were fighting for their own self-determination just as the colonies did against the British back in 1776. Though I'm only halfway through I have yet to see the Irish Catholic perspective regarding this particular Quagmire. It is a mess of an imperialist own making. So my sympathy wanes.

[@edrooney9580]

Divide and conquer is the game and always has been

[@harleygough]

3:24 "When I was hit by a flying bottle all my training went totally out the window and my first reaction was "I'm going to kill that little bastard" and I chased him down the street through a crowd of people, and I gave up because he was clearly going to escape from me and I couldn't shoot him really, because it wasn't quite the done thing" ...sums up the entire affair really, but shooting was actually quite the done thing.

[@leod-sigefast]

Check the statistics mate. Even the most staunch Republican cannot fudge the statistics to make out that the British soldiers and RUC actually killed folk more than the IRA.

[@drewfoster2375]

Lying bastard

[@seankenneally3483]

Yeah, I think that's the plan I was trying to express you might last comment. A lot of people did get shot and did disappear with British intelligence will never tell you what they really do. Not now not ever. Just like America. We learn from my masters. Sad but true.

[@colinstewart7123]

Divide and Rule. D'you get it now? Governments don't give a shivering shit about their own soldiers or any civilian population. Don't fight each other. Fight those above doing this to both of you ✌✌✌

[@wor53lg50]

They know that, thats why them in brusels sending new shite across thats even more different culturally and in looks than the last...a allience is forming, its these Wef funded mongrels who keep this english/irish hatred alive whilst the knew colonisers slip in...

[@pawelsz007locp]

this remainds me what germans were doing in Poland, and these words that every kid, even now knows - 'Halt, Hande hoch'

[@LSPD1909]

Yea you know who else says “stop hands up”? Every police force in history.

[@microwavepopcorn3570]

Even this documentary admits the British dont own the land. Its IRISH land simple

[@hachimanjiro]

Ireland for the Irish, I'm Scottish and ex-Royal marines commando, we're supposed to be living in a democracy but the politicians are so inept and self serving.

[@leescaife4741]

@@hachimanjiro well said mate. I come from a Staunch Military background and had my uncle shot and killed in NI in bandit country. Ireland is definitely for the Irish. Another british political error which has caused thousands of deaths sadly. Respect for your service mate. Royal marines are tough cookies.

[@davewalker3873]

No offence, but i dont think it was ever a dispute over land?

[@marclayne9261]

My Scot-Irish, ancestors, left this place in 1780s....We came to Virginia & then Kentucky....We cleared the land & natives, and built our new Nation,America....God Bless America...retired US Army...MacDuff....our name goes back to 850 AD, Scotland....

[@frogman857]

In my experience the Irish are loved world over, I have been in many countries and have been warmly recieved, theres bad in every country but the Irish have given a good contribution world over, we are a working people and we have accepted other nationalities in our country in turn and we are not complaining. As for education the last place I'd want to be educated is England, we have asuperior education system here. And as for robbing? Look at all the countries the Brits have tried to rob?

[@wor53lg50]

This didnt age well..

[@makeasylumsgreatagain864]

You can barely spell,how can you say Irish education is better 😂😂

[@Rahehaia]

RAB DORRIAN, GERARD BELL, JOE MAGEE AND GERARD STEEL, at 11.05 on the knock duelcarrage way 21st February 1972 all good men.

[@chrisdalton779]

its not british soil they are not british towns and cities its irish soil and irish towns and cities its not londonderry just Derry and you people never should have came

[@BB-nd1rp]

British Traditionalist you're a hard man over the internet

[@geordie114]

I was once told by a UDR lad, `The best thing you lads could do would be to leave NI. There will be a Bloodbath and we will win because we know who they are and we are better trained and armed and will win`. There were times when I wished we could have. We were nothing but targets sometimes trying to keep Proddies and Catholics apart. Glad for the ordinary People that it`s quieter now.

[@61505]

northern Irish is most apprppriate, its not part of the republic of Ireland.

[@dermotegan8940]

Martina Murray what?

[@jacintadixon7302]

Chris Dalton good man chris brits out

[@pentuprager6225]

5:20 results of talking when they shaould have been listening.

[@patosullivan575]

did you see the British soldier crying? That was funny.

[@wor53lg50]

I bet many irish men did to...

[@jamesflange]

if we sent the irish rangers to london, to portobello rd and told english civilians to halt during a civil rights march what in the name of god do u think would happen? give me a break.

[@mst3k4evur]

@00:52 Curtis was the second soldier to die in Northern Ireland in the Troubles. The first was a Catholic soldier on leave in Belfast in 1969 when he was shot by the RUC while trying to help a wounded man during a riot.

[@Deez_nizzles]

wasn't the first british soldier killed in NI killed by loyalist

[@brendanw45]

Sure was. And the first civilians by the Ruc.

[@bascet1]

Wrong. The first RUC man was killed by a loyalist. Victor Arbuckle. First soldier was Robert Curtis he was killed by the IRA on Feb 6 1971...

[@brendanw45]

bascet1 Wrong, they killed a Catholic ex soldier in the early 70's, not to mention attacking anything, or anyone, that didn't agree with them.

[@Deez_nizzles]

Sorry the first ruc officer was killed by loyalist

[@madelinekoster4583]

Josh Mc Hundreds upon hundreds of RUC officers were killed and their families terrorized and hundreds others forced to move by not Republicans, but loyalists. Disgusting.

[@victor070]

I love when the brits critisize the israelis over the same situations

[@jackcloud4728]

this brit doesn't when we let the rioters dictate how our soldiers act we lost if cameras mean the men cant act they shouldn't be there

[@Stevenbfg]

@Unknown2234 Unknown How exactly? The Ulster Plantation was exactly like the European occupation of Palestine.

[@wor53lg50]

They dont they couldnt give a shit about the plight over there, were far to busy with other things, only drum tapping tamborine bashing meaningless upper class woke layabouts do.. The average working class who has to work dont, blame the wokers not the workers..

[@Edmatthewspsychicmedium]

Very sad for all involved and the British government are probably more to blame than anyone for there big part in the conflict and I'm sure most of the British soldiers didn't understand why they were there, but they had orders which they had to obey and the rest is history!!! Not our finest hour but you can't blame the soldiers though I'm sure some could have done things a lot better and there was good and bad things done on all sides.... It's a real shame when innocent people suffer or die in any conflict ☹️

[@djbadboi36]

Ma da died defending Ireland and he had nothing against them the solders where just doing there job

[@MrRiccardo1965]

what happened in the past and who was guilty it is today secondary , the important thing it is that today the situation it is much better and with the next generations will be even better , life have to go on.....

[@blakek4347]

Did that soldier just slap himself and fall to the ground lol

[@wor53lg50]

A homemade blow pipe actually, with the dart usually smeared in cat piss and dog faeces, another deplorable thing that grown ups encouraged there kids to participate in..and a dart that shouldnt be pulled out if hit the jugular...

[@ethanmorin6024]

So at 5:37 the man is talking about being hit in the head with a rock and they’re playing a clip of soldiers walking down a road and at one point the soldier in the right falls down with his hands to his head and (I really don’t wanna be that guy but) it looked like it was fake. Can someone confirm to me if that clip is fake or if it was so real it seemed fake ty

[@MichaelSmith-jt1ff]

NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

[@fatimamovement]

Michael Smith, your queen is a Freemason and worships Lucifer. Her god is the devil.

[@karmabomb3768]

Imagine bending the knee to a German family who think they are a breed apart, in the 21st century as well, totally mind blowing. NI was the start of Britain ceasing to exist, Brexit is the final nail in the coffin. England is already owned by America, the 51st state is a reality. Did Iraq not prove this?

[@wor53lg50]

​@@karmabomb3768youll need to drop alot more than that me ol mukka to get more than one!!! 👍, Go back to sleep remoaner, or fix your tamborine for next time you call your countrymen Razist Nazist...

[@karmabomb3768]

@@wor53lg50 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@wor53lg50]

@@karmabomb3768 truth always hurts dont it TIT..

[@jemima216]

oh no, just heard a song, 'hold up, with rubber bullets'.

[@GENERALJOHNNYREBEL]

I completely understand, most of the wankers just spew hatred instead of actually making a case for their cause or at least discuss why they know they are "right" & vice-versa. Cheers to you mate. I have nothing but respect for you, because you are not my enemy. I just hope one day we can all find a middle ground & every child & mother can live without fear. I believe (as do many) we should remove all Catholic & Protestant schools & send every child to the same classes. That,s a real start!

[@BTOlsen25]

5:35 can someone find me the object thrown? He looks like he actually got hit but i cant find any object on screen

[@Kelly14UK]

08:30 I like this Welsh guy

[@andrewhall3299]

This is the soldiers point of view we need to hear both sides of the argument

[@jr8163]

Yes indeed but i am interested in why the army were invited or called upon they were always going to be seen favouring the Protestant side by the Catholics.

[@andrewhall3299]

@@jr8163 The reason the army was called in was because the Royal Ulster Constabulary were largly Protestant hated the Catholics and couldn't be relied upon to be impartial. There Special Constabulary esp

[@jamesmccann355]

Soldiers were unable to retaliate.....i don't think so. Some regiment's were notorious for their behaviour. Para's in particular. Not just for bloody Sunday. But for firing a rubber bullet at woman at point blank range through her window. And blinding her!

[@jemima216]

the music score is so inane, 'we've got to get out of this place' and ' I hear you knocking' with film of women and dustbin lids'. naff naff naff.

[@sutlers2day]

NEVER FIGHT AGAIN....NEVER !! NONE OF YOU PEOPLE.

[@frogman857]

considering the british probably has more members than there are actual people in Ulster, that wouldn't be much of an achievement, alot of those IRA men were peaceful ordinary men and had to take up arms because of the suppression they faced, this programme sickens me, " a friend of mine got his arm broken, another got hit with a brick...." what about all the innocent Irish that were shot and mistreated in their own country? They had no business there.

[@wor53lg50]

That was there buisness to stop them killing each other, didnt you watch and listen or you already biased.. And you wasnt there and nor was your friend, you just thought youd be clever and jump on the anglo hating band wagon... If so who was your friend so i can check with the hospital archives...

[@CheGuevara110100]

I guess you remember narrow water do ye sir?

[@joprocter4286]

Che chevara was a cold blooded killer terrorist

[@surplusdata]

OHnoNot really this is the most balanced report I have seen for 20 years

[@themontybandicoot]

I don't think you need to question the sincerity of men who have lost their limbs, friends and in some cases sanity when they tell you the Northern Irish conflict wasn't a) something they chose and b) a lads night out. And considering the reliability of the other stories I've heard from you regarding Britain's irrelevance in WWII, I doubt you'd blame me for disregarding any future anecdotes you send my way, even if they are appreciated. ;)

[@tqQuinn]

It no harm that it's all over now.thank god.

[@jameswood9424]

At 6:11 in this video a man says he filmed the event on his phone mobile phones wasn't out when this happened

[@jameswood9424]

Mobile phones with cameras

[@jbomurchu7272]

So let me ask you people of England how many kids or teenagers were shot during the Manchester riots for civil disobedience ,being part of the UK and all I’ll try and justify The killing of children from soldiers ,on your street ,to keep peace and to protect you just empathize with parents and as parents to have had your children beaten or murdered for being in the wrong place at wrong time What if that had been you child that these brave men talk about

[@johntunney1864]

Still waiting for someone to answer you.

[@adamwalkeraw]

Sunno ,how many manchester rioters blew up hospitals and pointed guns at pregnant women.u kno the two arent equivalent that a very naive way yo look at it

[@SeanMcConeghy]

The town is called "Derry."

[@themontybandicoot]

Uninvited? They were called in by the Northern Irish government to maintain peace. In the first few days of the deployment conflict ceased. Surely maintaining the peace is something to be condoned? Not for the IRA or PIRA who can't argue their political beliefs without shedding blood. Sinn Fein seems to be the only party that needs to use intimidation and violence to further their political standing. The true ignorance is thinking that will actually gain them support.

[@keithmurphy1806]

9 counties in province of ulster

[@t.g.9782]

giv it back ...🇮🇪26+6=1 GET OUT BRITS!

[@wasp6594]

I quite agree with you, me being an English nationalist who wants independence for England. Have you ever considered this. The population of Northern Ireland today is 1.8 million. There were 30 years of the 'Troubles' which cost the English countless billions of pounds over that time, all for the sake of 1.8 million people fighting out their ancient grievances and settling old scores.(The English being the majority tax payers). There was the cost of maintaining the army, the extra policing, compensation, hospitals and surgery and rebuilding those places that were bombed out etc etc. If 1.8 million people, who were still fighting their historic and ancient battles, had to pay for the damage their countrymen caused, how long would the 'Troubles' have lasted? They were basically being underwritten by the British and mostly the English tax payers. Now, I would like to see a united Ireland because I think it will be inevitable one day anyway. But, there is a caveat. In 1922 the Irish conferred foreign status on themselves. They re-affirmed that foreign status when they left the Commonwealth in 1948, Well, that's fine. However, the Irish need to be given the same treatment as any other foreigner where England is concerned. No more being treated as if you were still de facto British citizens. No more Common Travel Area. No more automatic rights to British passports, welfare, health care, driving licences, voting in our elections or even becoming MPs. You would need residence permits and work permits. You should be treated no differently than if you had come from any other foreign country as foreign citizens.

[@hachimanjiro]

We humans are a strange and dangerous species, too much hate, not enough pity, politicians lie,the media sending out biast information, we are not happy if there's not a war,tie a yellow ribbon around the amputee, masturbate and watch it on t.v crocodile tears emotional apathy. WAKE UP WERE ALL THE SAME, HAVE SOME FUCKING EMPATHY

[@nigeh5326]

We don't want Northern Ireland the south can have it just as soon as the majority in the north vote for that.

[@robertmassimi3962]

Only 6 counties that count. Also internment had both Catholics and protestants. Mike stone a great loyalist was in h block

[@robertmassimi3962]

Also st Patrick s day= he was born in Rome, kilts are English bagpipes Scottish. What does Ireland bring to the table.. go England!

[@frogman857]

your a gas man! well I have been to Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Holland, Australia, Thailand, New Zeland, Fiji, Scotland, I have been in England on holidays many times.Many parts of U.S.A, I have worked in Tanzania, that covers most continents if you consider that limited fair enough, now I cannot speak for other people but my general thoughts on how the Irish were percieved in these places was in a positive light, most Irish were working or enjoying travelling not stealing and causing trouble!

[@andrewmore8702]

I have been to Dorset.

[@MuckSake]

This is funny as fuck, This reads out like an American Documentary. The guy in part 1 that hides behind kids because the Catholics we're too cowardly to shoot an risk an innocent life had me in stitches.

[@MuckSake]

Let them astrixs' fly wee man, So long as your mom says it's ok.

[@danielkennedy6885]

Up the raa

[@TheAsdfgh33]

Why use military 'speak' R U AFRAID

[@chilled91]

How lady like.

[@wor53lg50]

I think he was ment to say it was the other way around which it allways was in riots, thats why you see so many kids and woman take part..youll see many interviews with people saying this same thing, either somebody done sonething shady with the footage, or he had some answers already in his head on what sort of questions he'd might be asked and got mixed up, but all sides used kids this way, but british never whilst actively engaging in a attack, remember that noise of whistles, bin lid banging and the shouts of the rioters oftern conceiled the noise of snipers who was the biggest threat to the army..

[@rizzzla]

Similar but less violent problem in Scotland especially Glasgow, they should of just done a house swapped with the Provos in NI and the catholics in Scotland.

[@themontybandicoot]

These soldiers were not scum. Many of them were heroes.

[@andrewmore8702]

In my regiment we were very naughty boys.

[@themontybandicoot]

The British were fighting the Nazi threat alone before America aided them, so yes they were responsible for the prevention of Nazi control. That is an indisputable fact, I really think you should educate yourself before telling others to research false truths, unless you are a 'troll', which would make a lot more sense. If you're going to talk rubbish about a historical event, at least choose one less well know than WWII, there isn't a person here who fall for the "history" you're spewing!

[@themontybandicoot]

We tried that, it caused conflict.

[@Murchad99]

It's funny, you hear the same complaints today from American cops... how it's become so much more difficult to effectively do their job because every time they turn around there's someone with a camera filming them doing something unethical or against the rules and putting it on KZbin. As though they don't see the glaringly obvious problem in that argument. That brick-throwing protester you pulled from the angry crowd went to jail. That was the consequence for his actions. Why should you be immune to the consequences of videos on the evening news of you beating him into the pavement with a baton?

[@pentuprager6225]

3:54 ignorance kills. Northern Ireland isnt Ulster no matter what they think. N.Ireland is 6 counties in Ulster, Ulster is 9 counties. No wonder they left.

[@joshbradley6841]

o

[@skapunxYoung]

26+6=1

[@joprocter4286]

Neither is northern ireland Ireland.get over yourself

[@kevp3212]

5::35 on wards,aint nothing hit that soldier,PROPAGANDA!!!!!!!!!!

[@colinjones4653]

Some times they would start a riot because there was something else going elsewhere.

[@Jammy66]

I would have loved to have been in the army serving in Ireland. Takes some balls to walk those streets knowing a sniper could pick you off at any moment. The lads who did should be proud of what they helped to achieve.

[@proudtobeirish455]

im sure internment was 1969 not 1971

[@exbritishforcespatriotscha7723]

I filled my car up in Germany,5 minutes later they shot an RAF guy with an Ak 47 through the windscreen ,killed him and his baby daughter in the back seat,sat in her baby seat.

[@goodygumdrops2105]

It's all richmans trick

[@TheBarrickBoy]

Its a good thing they followed those orde....oh wait, no they didnt

[@papadoc711]

7:27 "then the T.v crews would come out and only catch us hitting them but not catch what they built up" the british army were beating unarmed civilians who were part of a peaceful civil rights march, what happened was, they were told to halt they didn't halt and when they kept walking they were beating back, they were marching for a reform in the civil right for irish men women and children in N.Ireland,

[@richardloring7545]

Member my family was killed age 18 and a day. No one claimed responsibility. 1971. Andersontown .Stockmans lane .unarmed he was .meaning no.gun. shot dead from owenvarragn gardens..

[@MattMetalMayho]

@TirEoghainTim Well if you think they are the good guys, then please explain to me where I am wrong? Also for an added note we must keep it to the IRA operating in this era because I know before this the IRA were very different and the may have changed now. But yes I am a reasonable man so if I am wrong for hating this part of the IRA's history please tell me why??

[@maryelizabethfullam3186]

Ffs they're actually complaining about being told not to use excessive force

[@gug1970]

Yes, can you imagine being annoyed by the fact that someone opposite is trying to kill you but you're not allowed to react.

[@maryelizabethfullam3186]

gug1970 I’m not going to explain the definition of excessive to you, look it up.

[@gug1970]

@@maryelizabethfullam3186 thanks for the advice, whilst i'm being patronised why not look up human nature ? If you really cant understand that, you'll never stop making daft statements.

[@maryelizabethfullam3186]

@@gug1970 It's a soldier's job to maintain composure, most of the soldiers in this video said so themselves. If they can't do what they're trained to do then they shouldn't be in the job to begin with. Being civilized means going against human nature at times. We have rules in society, and if you can't understand them then "you'll never stop making daft statements." They were told to use the force necessary to control the situation, anything past that is considered excessive and frankly barbaric.

[@gug1970]

@@maryelizabethfullam3186 It is not their job to maintain composure. Their 'job' is to kill the enemy (whoever the hell that is at the time - what on earth do you think the army is for ?) These are 18 to 22 year old men (ie, not the composed mature highly trained individuals that you hilariously imagine) with a small amount of riot training but generally trained to kill and face down (at the time) the threat of Russian invasion of western europe (the army's prime consideration at the time). The idea that they'd stand there stoically whilst some irishman tried to stove their head in, shoot them or blow them to bits is hilarious. You've never known any soldiers, or, it seems, young men. I wonder how composed you'd be if you were in that situation. I imagine singing cum-bye-ya , holding hands and bemoaning the awful violence might not have lasted too long before your attitude hardened somewhat. We have rules in society ? - just what the fuck do you think the soldiers were attempting to uphold at the time that allows dimwits like you to say how terrible they were ? - christ, most of the lads had no other choice, probably no other chance of a job at the time, went and risked their lives under difficult circumstances so that some millenial dimwit like you can was lyrical 40 years later on how 'terrible' they were. I suppose the IRA, INLA, UDA, UVF were absolute choirboys (if you ignore the murders, beatings, gangsterism, kneecappings, romper room murders, out of hand mass murder of innocent civilians including women and children in Northern Ireland, the republic, the mainland and europe. Yes., bless them. We'rent a few squaddies awful. Christ. kids today are fucking naive idiots.

[@brianallen858]

Where's captain Nairac ? Where he is 😂😂

[@TheNinyo77]

Blondie ," we hid beside kids so the ira wouldnt fire incase they hit the kids , THEY were cowards " 😂😂😂😂😂 what a tool .

[@conrad4245]

Good Job "British Army!!!

[@anfield71]

Can't believe how pro british army bias this is.

[@proudtobeirish455]

its a ex brit doing the docu

[@michelob81]

quite extraordinary when you think that the poor irish people defended only by the lightly armed few IRA volunteers were able to take on the might of the british army, thier armed military force the RUC and the loyalist death squads they ran in belfast. history will judge us well

[@hachimanjiro]

Your right, I'm ex-Royal marines commando, I blame the politicians and the media, they are so quick to make knee-jerk decisions and look after their own bank accounts, history will be written by them, we should join together in a just cause to make sure the truth is told.

[@best349]

lol they signed up end OFF - the people whose lives they made HELL had no choice and no pay cheque!!!

[@GENERALJOHNNYREBEL]

My favorite part is when they casually mention Bloody Sunday...... The Bastards!

[@keemstar4218]

lol why so many people saying its biased its the stories of British soldiers I am pretty sure it would be as biased if it were heard from the ira's stories

[@YellawayHD]

This is possibly the most biased documentary that I have ever seen

[@daithio.7378]

YellawayHD I think it's great it shows how windy the soldiers were against ordinary native people and the soldiers are telling it as it was 🙊.

[@andrewhall3299]

This sounds wrong but it might have been best for the Irish to slug it out between themselves. The one who wins keeps the North.

[@best349]

oh really!! did you live with them??

[@maryelizabethfullam3186]

"I'm going to kill that little bastard...and I gave up because he was clearly going to escape from me and I couldn't shoot him really, because it wasn't quite the done thing." WTF

[@MarchToFreedom]

I doubt it. The Irish government wanted nothing to do with them and certainly didn't want to give Britain any excuses. My mum used to have to sprint through fields with a shotgun whenever the Garda came around because her dad & uncle shared it but neither had a license for it & they would have been arrested for smuggling weapons to the IRA or something.

[@themontybandicoot]

Britain wasn't supposed to be fighting a war, but maintaining peace. It was due to the strong hostility they faced that any blood was shed. Everyone was a victim due to arrogant people like you.

[@timpatjoe]

Stay in England

[@leod-sigefast]

Buddy, believe me, if Britain could pull the plug on Northern Ireland and get out, it fucking well would! It is just there is a sizable pro-British population who wish to remain British. We don't abandon our people. People who have lived there for 400 years, longer than the USA has existed. Northern Ireland has the democratic right to request a referendum to vote to rejoin the Irish. More rights than many countries/regions in the world to self-determination. Might I refer you to the Basque region and Catalonia and see how Spain doesn't even give them an inch.

[@geraldswain3259]

Oh the irony, we've got half the Irish population in England Wales and Scotland.

[@brobno9]

Tier 1 military & major economic power you say? Current affairs isn`t your thing I`m guessing?

[@hachimanjiro]

I'm Scottish I've been all over the world ( ex-Royal marines commando-SBS) Sierra Leone, Somalia, the Sand box and more but N.i was the easiest of them all,you boys break like a toothpick and scream for your ma

[@bryanbufton1972]

How would the Nazi SS have handle Northern Ireland, don`t bear think about does it.

[@pentuprager6225]

5:18 Sissy barbell presses.

[@JaimeHy]

This programme is horrifically biased.

[@thelaffingllama]

Horrifically

[@cmorgan6493]

At 4:32 l thought the soldier had an anime girl printed on his shirt lmao.

[@themontybandicoot]

Those marches were anything but peaceful, though i feel sorry for the majority who wanted to maintain peace, it was tragic for everyone who was caught up in it. Hell the whole situation was due to both a relatively small group of trouble makers and a great amount of tension among both the Irish Catholics, Protestants and British soldiers. Tragic.

[@themontybandicoot]

Yes because rape and murder occurs in no countries other than Britain.

[@massiveferguson9466]

Bloody Sunday. 2 Bloody Sundays . The deluded British working class,Queen's shilling takers,regimented and no doubt willing to point their guns at their own people, as in the twenties in Wales.

[@themontybandicoot]

Yes really. Did i live with them? No. I have met some and if you think they wanted this conflict you are greatly mistaken.

[@winningbigly9012]

The British rule

[@themontybandicoot]

I don't read The Sun, and I am well aware of the deplorable discriminating laws the Stormont Government implemented, I have researched this topic extensively so please do not patronize me. Like I said, everyone was a victim, even young men at times, though don't persuade yourself the blood was entirely on the hands of British forces, the IRA and PIRA committed some terrible, irredeemable acts. And I think the riots shocked people because the UK has been relatively peaceful as of late.

[@robturnbull29]

Thiocfaidh ár lá

[@SN-cm7hu]

*tiocfaidh 👍

[@ianthomas281]

It never did

[@keithmurphy1806]

Its not a province

[@niceone550]

Yes it is

[@keithmurphy1806]

@@niceone550 go look at your books and see

[@padraigpearse1551]

@@niceone550 ulster = 9 counties N.I. = 6 counties within Ulster

[@nigeh5326]

No it's a pain in the arse to everyone in Britain and Ireland. Killing each other over battles fought centuries ago is stupid

[@keithmurphy1806]

@@padraigpearse1551 u make my point is it a province or a country