Ulster Volunteer Force
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The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is a Loyalist paramilitary (civilians trained as soldiers) group formed in 1966. It takes its name from the UVF of World War I. The Ulster Volunteer Force was started as a Protestant/Unionist militia (citizen military force) in 1912 to oppose the Home Rule campaign for a separate Irish parliament. Many UVF members formed the 36th (Ulster) Division that fought with the British Army in World War I. The Progressive Unionist Party is the political wing of the outlawed Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando. Although the PUP is called a loyalist fringe party, it has more moderate unionist views than any of the traditional unionist parties.
[change] See also
[change] References
- Steve Bruce, The Red Hand, 1992, ISBN 0-19-215961-5
- Jim Cusack & Henry McDonald, UVF, 2000, ISBN 1-85371-687-1
- Martin Dillon, The Dirty War
- Brendan O'Brien, The Long War - the IRA and Sinn Féin
- Peter Taylor, Loyalists
- Tony Geraghty, The Irish War
[change] Other websites
- History of the 1912 UVF
- History of the YCV
- CAIN - University of Ulster Conflict Archive
- Photographs of UVF murals
- Ulster Volunteer Force
