Irish Guerilla War

The War

The war began on the 12th May 2022 when the British sent a small brigade of 200 troops into Monaghan, it quickly fell to the British troops but mere hours after it was captured a group of 20 Irish men ambushed 10 British soldiers, stealing their guns. The British retaliated by publicly shooting 5 Irish farmers in the region. The Irish government and locals were outraged at the shooting, locals used farming equipment to attack the British troops whilst the Irish government began deploying 400 soldiers to the region and spreading propaganda to other European nations, highlighting the shootings. France, still bitter about the UK's exit of the EU agreed to help Ireland blockade the UK and provided weapons to the Irish. After the 400 soldiers reached the British occupation they opened fire and pushed the British back to the Northern Ireland border. To the Irish's dismay the British sent 1000 troops to fortify the Northern Irish border. The British launched a bombing raid over the 400 Irish troops with 20 bomber planes killing 46 Irish troops and injuring 67. The British then moved troops down to the Irish troops and managed to kill the injured troops as well as 12 other Irish troops while the Irish fled. The British then launched a deadly bombing raid over Lifford killing 27 people and injuring 18. After the bombing of Lifford, Iceland and Norway joined the blockade against Britain. The British launched a military operation to cut off Donegal from the rest of Ireland before invading the region. The people in Donegal began arming themselves with knives, farm equipment and any other weapons they could get their hands on to attack local British troops.

Aftermath

After years of gruelling conflict the British evacuate troops from Ireland. The British pay major war reparations to Ireland, worsening their economy further. Britain gives Ireland access to Northern Irish ports and a free border between them. The war humiliated Britain and damaged its reputation. Ireland did not come out of the war unscathed either because though they made gains they had been occupied by the British for three years in a bloody guerilla campaign and their economy was damaged and their population dropped. Another side effect of the war was the British rejoining the EU out of desperation for economic aid.