Source: Bloody Sunday — historical interpretation

GCSE · History · CCEA · U1.B.2 — Direct rule and the Troubles 1969–1985: internment, Bloody Sunday, hunger strikes; the Anglo-Irish Agreement

Question

Source A: The Widgery Report (1972) stated: "There is no reason to suppose that the soldiers would have fired if they had not been fired on first."

Source B: The Saville Inquiry (2010) concluded: "The immediate responsibility for the deaths and injuries on Bloody Sunday lies with the soldiers of the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment whose unjustified and unjustifiable firing was the cause."

Explain why these two interpretations of Bloody Sunday differ so much. (6 marks)

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