December 11, 1920 -The burning of Cork during the Irish War of Independence (THIS DAY IN HISTORY)
ZONA PERANG (zonaperang.com) – On this day in 1920, British troops burn the city of Cork in retaliation for attacks by the Irish Republican Army(ambush of a British Auxiliary patrol in the city, which wounded twelve Auxiliaries, one fatally) during the Irish War of Independence. “Many who had witnessed scenes in France and Flanders say…