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The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution (German: Novemberrevolution), was an uprising started by workers and soldiers in the final days of World War I. It quickly and almost bloodlessly brought down the German Empire , then, in its more violent second stage, the supporters of a parliamentary republic were ...
These demands had first emerged in the November Revolution, which itself had been carried out by the working class. On 18 December 1918, the Reich Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Councils confirmed the demands concerning the military in the Hamburg Points.
The Kiel mutiny (German: Kieler Matrosenaufstand) was a revolt by sailors of the German High Seas Fleet against the maritime military command in Kiel.The mutiny broke out on 3 November 1918 when some of the ships' crews refused to sail out from Wilhelmshaven for the final battle against the British Grand Fleet that the Admiralty had ordered without the knowledge or approval of the German ...
"Berlin seized by revolutionists": The New York Times on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918. Germany signed an armistice with the Allies between 5:12 AM and 5:20 AM in Field Marshal Ferdinand Foch's railroad car in Compiègne Forest, France. The end of World War I became official on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. [90]
The revolution reached Berlin on Saturday 9 November. With the backing of the SPD, the Revolutionary Stewards and the Spartacus League – groups that favoured a soviet-style council republic – called a general strike. Workers and soldiers established councils and important buildings such as the police headquarters were occupied. [9]
9 November 1918 – 13 February 1919: Preceded by: Max von Baden (as Chancellor) Succeeded by: ... Ebert was a pivotal figure in the German Revolution of 1918–1919 ...
German Revolution of 1918–1919, a politically driven civil conflict in Germany at the end of World War I; November Revolution (physics), referring to the series of changes in particle physics triggered by the discovery of the charm quark in November 1974; Velvet Revolution, which ended the communist regime in Czechoslovakia in November 1989
The Volksmarinedivision (People's Navy Division) was an armed unit formed on 11 November 1918 during the November Revolution that broke out in Germany following its defeat in World War I. At its peak late that month, the People's Navy Division had about 3,200 members.