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  2. German revolution of 1918–1919 - Wikipedia

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    German revolution of 1918–1919. 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 ...

  3. Weimar Republic - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Weimar Republic, [d] officially known as the German Reich, [e] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

  4. Council of the People's Deputies - Wikipedia

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    Erich Ludendorff in 1918. He made the initial decision to have the democratic parties in the Empire take the blame for the lost war. At the end of September 1918 when the German Army was facing inevitable defeat in World War I, the Supreme Army Command (OHL) under Generals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff called on the government to offer a ceasefire to the Entente powers and to amend ...

  5. States of the Weimar Republic - Wikipedia

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    The states of the Weimar Republic were the first-level administrative divisions and constituent states of the Weimar Republic. The states were established in 1918–1920 following the German Empire 's defeat in World War I and the territorial losses that came with it. They were based on the 22 states and three city-states of the German Empire.

  6. Revolutions of 1917–1923 - Wikipedia

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    March on Rome. The Revolutions of 1917–1923 were a revolutionary wave that included political unrest and armed revolts around the world inspired by the success of the Russian Revolution and the disorder created by the aftermath of World War I. The uprisings were mainly socialist or anti- colonial in nature.

  7. German revolutions of 1848–1849 - Wikipedia

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    The painting Germania, possibly by Philipp Veit, hung inside the Frankfurt parliament, the first national parliament in German history. The German revolutions of 1848–1849 (German: Deutsche Revolution 1848/1849), the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution (German: Märzrevolution), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries.

  8. German constitutional reforms of October 1918 - Wikipedia

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    The German constitutional reforms of October 1918 (German: Oktoberreformen) consisted of several constitutional and legislative changes that transformed the German Empire into a parliamentary monarchy for a brief period at the end of the First World War. The reforms, which took effect on 28 October 1918, made the office of chancellor dependent ...

  9. Fall of the Berlin Wall - Wikipedia

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    Fall of the Berlin Wall. Part of the Revolutions of 1989. Germans stand on top of the Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, before this section was torn down on December 9 1989 in the hours before the West German leader walked through the Gate to greet his East German counterpart. Date. 9 November 1989; 34 years ago (1989-11-09) Time.