News: Army Generals Refuse Government Orders

5th November 1988: a number of British Army generals refused Government orders for troops to enter US bases and take American service personnel into custody. Military Police were instructed to arrest any soldier refusing to obey orders and a number of high ranking officers were imprisoned. Units that had been instructed to return to base by these officers were later returned to their positions outside the US bases under new command.

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