Re: WW2 and the disintegration of British empire

"Dave Wilma" <DaveW50789@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sep 15, 7:16 pm, "William Black" <william.bl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

snip
Half the European soldiers in the Indian theatre
mutinied as well, including nearly all the RAF, but nobody noticed
until
Peter Sellers mentioned it in his autobiography.
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Are there more details of these incidents?

No idea.

Sellers mentioned it in his autobiography and there was a small stir at the
time and a couple of elderly ex-military talking heads turned up on TV to
say:

'Well yes, most of the RAF in the Far East did mutiny in 1946, then they
all went home, so what?'

British forces all over the world were busy saying 'The war is over, I want
out... NOW!'

The government of the day agreed with them...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

.

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