A feud in the winter of 1974-75 broke out between the UDA and the UVF, the two main loyalist paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland. [1] The bad blood originated from an incident in …

Unlike its principal rival, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the UDA was legal. In April 1972, the organisation's leader, Charles Harding Smith and leading UDA member John White were …

Two paramilitary groups were formed in 1966: the Ulster Protestant Volunteers (UPV) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). The UPV was a small Christian fundamentalist group, led by the …

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1965, [7] it first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a …

2023年3月27日 · The largest loyalist paramilitary groups throughout the Troubles were the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and they remain the largest …

2016年8月8日 · Formed in 1971 and headquartered in Belfast, the UDA's primary motive was to defend Ulster loyalist Protestant areas and combat Irish republicanism, primarily by the IRA. …

2019年4月1日 · UVF and UDA mobilisation across Northern Ireland was localised around the perceived defence of Protestant enclaves, and based upon tight networks of kinship and …

The Ulster Defense Association (UDA), the largest Loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, was formed in 1971 as an umbrella organization for Loyalist paramilitary groups such as the …

The Ulster Defense Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UVF) is the largest loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, and was formed in 1971 as an umbrella organization for …

2011年9月6日 · In the summer of 2000, seven people died as the result of a bitter feud between the UDA and another loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Eight …

2015年7月15日 · Like the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), the UVF’s modus operandi involved assassinations, mass shootings, bombings and kidnappings. It used sub machine-guns, …

2014年3月1日 · UDA and UVF leaders were almost exclusively working class, skilled or semi-skilled manual workers in their thirties and forties. Some, particularly in the UDA, had been …

This is a timeline of actions by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group formed in 1971. Most of these actions took place during the conflict known as "the Troubles" in …

2014年12月16日 · In the summer of 1976 a group of UDA prisoners, led by two individuals armed by handguns, broke out of their compound in an unsuccessful attempt to kill Norman Cooke, a …

Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), Protestant paramilitary organization founded in Northern Ireland in 1966. Its name was taken from a Protestant force organized in 1912 to fight against Irish …

2023年4月4日 · The main groups, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), were involved in Northern Ireland’s three decades-long Troubles in the name of …

2020年12月2日 · The assessment says there are about 7,500 people in the UVF and 5,000 in the UDA. Although many are not active, sources say they are still "card carrying" members.

2022年11月5日 · Ulster Resistance joined forces with the two established loyalist paramilitary groups, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Ulster Defence Association (UDA), to smuggle …

2019年8月15日 · Although the UVF and UDA called a ceasefire in 1994 and later decommissioned weapons, loyalist paramilitary groups still exist. They have continued to kill, …