Post–World War II demobilization strikes

American military personnel based in occupied Germany were holding mass parades for speedier demobilization and in the Philippines formed soldiers committees and went on demonstrations calling for a return home.

[1] In India, thousands of Royal Air Force servicemen pushed for demobilization and went on strike citing grievances over conditions of work such as deaths in high temperatures in Cawnpore (station: 322 MU Cawnpore) and overcrowding at RAF Jodhpur.

At one point Prime Minister Clement Attlee was presented with a petition by India-stationed servicemen that stated: We have done the job we joined up to do.

Is it because the government wishes to talk tough with other powers?Some brigades in India were disbanded as they were viewed as "politically unreliable" suggesting that in event of being used to put down disturbances they would have refused.

Some 'agitators' or strike leaders were jailed, but public pressure through MPs led to their early release or reduction in sentences.