UDR Declassified by Micheál Smith | Radio GaGa

Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams · Apr 3, 2022 · 18m

UDR Declassified by Micheál Smith

On 1 April 1970 the Ulster Defence Regiment of the British Army formally took its place in the ranks of the British Army. The UDR was a locally recruited militia established by the British government following its disbandment of the B Specials the previous year. When it too was disbanded 22 years later it had achieved an even greater level of sectarian notoriety than the Specials.

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