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The Troubles in Bessbrook recounts incidents during and the effects of the Troubles in Bessbrook, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Bessbrook, saw some of the worst violence in the Troubles. 25 British soldiers and local Protestants, all male, lost their lives. Four soldiers died in a non-combat related air accident, but the rest (21 men) were killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The linen mill was converted by the British Army into a major military base. A helicopter landing area was established to supply other military outposts in the area since road-borne movements of troops and supplies were vulnerable to landmine attack. At one stage the little village was reportedly the busiest helicopter airport in Europe, more so than the major heliports supplying the North Sea oil rigs. For many years British Army helicopters would take off and land every few minutes. To avoid the risk of missile attack they would fly at rooftop level over the village. For a time, direct access to much of the village was sealed off by security barriers to minimise the risk of vehicle-borne bomb attacks on the security forces. Some have claimed that this contributed to the commercial decline of local businesses. Incidents in Bessbrook during the Troubles: ==1975== *4 June 1975 - Francis Jordan (21), a member of the Provisional IRA, was shot dead by the British Army while planting a bomb at the Pit Bar, Mill Vale, Bessbrook.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=South Armagh Memorial Garden )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Troubles in Bessbrook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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