# Canonical recap data for British General Strike Paralyzes Nation (1926)
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slug: british-general-strike-1926
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1926/british-general-strike-1926"
title: British General Strike Paralyzes Nation
subtitle: Nine days of coordinated industrial action brought Britain to a standstill and exposed the fracture between labour movements and Conservative governance.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1926-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1926
decade: 1920
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: General is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army and the Royal Marines.
summaryLong: General is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army and the Royal Marines.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Tyldesley_miners_outside_the_Miners_Hall_during_the_1926_General_Strike.jpg/1280px-Tyldesley_miners_outside_the_Miners_Hall_during_the_1926_General_Strike.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1926 United Kingdom general strike"
importance: 77
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)"
  title: British general
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- protest
metaDescription: General is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army and the Royal Marines.
wikidataQid: Q5531654
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260616223716/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-16
  label: British general
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)"
