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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 former Royal Ulster Rifles soldier from Northern Ireland. The group undertook an armed campaign of almost thirty years during The Troubles.
The first loyalist paramilitary group to emerge in the period of the Troubles was the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), which first appeared in 1966, led by Gusty Spence.The UVF saw itself as the direct continuation of the Ulster Volunteers of 1913 (which was also called the UVF), formed to resist Irish Home Rule.
UVF may refer to: The Ulster Volunteers , started in 1912 and organised as the Ulster Volunteer Force in 1913 The Ulster Volunteer Force , a paramilitary organisation established in 1965–6, not linked to the 1913 UVF
Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake repeatedly referred to in vitro fertilization (IVF) as “UVF” in her debate with Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday.
Although many UVF officers left to join the British Army during the war, the unionist leadership wanted to preserve the UVF as a viable force, aware that the issue of Home Rule and partition would be revisited when the war ended. There were also fears of a German naval raid on Ulster and so much of the UVF was recast as a home defence force. [16]
Military slang is a colloquial language used by and associated with members of various military forces. This page lists slang words or phrases that originate with military forces, are used exclusively by military personnel or are strongly associated with military organizations.
Lawd "Lawd" is an alternative spelling of the word "lord" and an expression often associated with Black churchgoers. It is used to express a range of emotions, from sadness to excitement.
31 October: The UVF shot dead Tommy English, a UDA member, in Newtownabbey. Loyalist feud. 1 November: The UDA shot dead a UVF member in Newtownabbey. Loyalist feud. 15 December: The UVF and UDA issued a statement to announce an "open-ended and all-encompassing cessation of hostilities". This marked the end of the loyalist feud which had begun ...