Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP McGreevy Ronan
Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP McGreevy Ronan A gripping investigation into one of Irish history's greatest mysteries, Great Hatred reveals the true story behind…
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Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP McGreevy Ronan
A gripping investigation into one of Irish history's greatest mysteries, Great Hatred reveals the true story behind one of the most significant political assassinations to ever have been committed on British soil.On 22 June 1922, Sir Henry Wilson - the former head of the British army and one of those credited with winning the First World War - was shot and killed by two veterans of that war turned IRA members in what was the most significant political murder to have taken place on British soil for more than a century. One had lost a leg during the Battle of Passchendaele. His assassins were well-educated and pious men.
Wilson's assassination Shocking British society to the core, the shooting caused consternation in the government and almost restarted the conflict between Britain and Ireland that had ended with the Anglo-Irish Treaty just five months earlier.