Today in Labor History May 4, 1926: Workers started a General Strike in the U.K. Unions called the strike to force the government to prevent wage reductions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners. The strike lasted until May 12. Over 1.7 million workers participated. However, the TUC (Trades Union Congress) limited participation to just a few unions because they feared the revolutionary potential of a full blown General Strike. In their newspaper, they wrote: “The General Strike. . . is the road to anarchy.”
The only way to avoid a revolution was to "start a war" and so they did, the industrialists of US,GB,FR,DE,IT,SP...
.. and the cause of their trouble was perceived the young then Soviet Union, so the was was aimed to destroy it. Only they failed the direct goal but succeeded in the original motive, to avoid spread of a revolution.