Ireland · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
A group of 200 anti-Treaty IRA men occupy the Four Courts in Dublin in defiance of the Provisional Government, Collins, who wanted to avoid civil war at all costs, does not attack them until June 1922, when British pressure forced his hand
Collins lays down responsibilities as Chairman of the Provisional Government to become Commander in Chief of the National Army, a formal, structured, uniformed army that formed around the nucleus of the pro-Treaty IRA
The new Provisional Government is formed under Collins, who becomes "President of the Provisional Government"
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