Ulster Volunteer Force
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The Ulster Volunteer Force is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1965, it first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former Royal Ulster Rifles soldier from Northern Ireland. The group... Wikipedia
Founded: May 1966
Active regions: Northern Ireland (mostly); Republic of Ireland; Scotland (fifteen operations)
Battles and wars: The Troubles
Headquarters: Belfast
Ideology: Ulster loyalism; Irish unionism; Anti-Irish sentiment; Protestant extremism; Anti-Catholicism