mutinies
Meaning
of Mutiny
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Examples
After the mutinies, President Patassé suffered from a typical "dictator’s paranoia", resulting in a period of cruel terror executed by the presidential guard and various militia within the FACA loyal to the president, such as the Karako.
After World War II (c. 1946–1947) In January 1946, a number of mutinies broke out in the armed services, starting with that of RAF servicemen frustrated with their slow repatriation to Britain.
During the Soviet offensive the Army of Manchukuo, on paper a 200,000-man force, performed poorly and whole units surrendered to the Soviets without firing a single shot; there were even cases of armed riots and mutinies against the Japanese forces.
Despite these mutinies, the armed forces were largely apolitical and remained mostly loyal, if dissatisfied — and were widely used by the government to control the 1905 unrest.
Gibraltar, pg. 105. Quoted in Gibraltar: British or Spanish?, pg. 8. * 1802 – Several mutinies among some regiments garrisoned in Gibraltar.
During this chaotic period there were frequent mutinies, protests and many strikes.