Kiel mutiny
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The Kiel mutiny 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 after sailors at Wilhelmshaven refused orde
Soldiers' council of the SMS Prinzregent Luitpold The sign reads, "Soldiers' council ... long live the socialist republic"
Admiral Reinhard Scheer, who ordered the attack on the British Navy that sparked the Kiel mutiny
Sailors demonstrating at Wilhelmshaven, 10 November 1918
Sculpture in Kiel to commemorate the 1918 sailors' mutiny
Reinhard Scheer
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Carl Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer was an admiral in the Imperial German Navy. Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet and progressed through the ranks, commanding cruisers and battles
Reinhard Scheer
Reinhard Scheer
Scheer, from the frontispiece of his memoirs
Scheer's funeral at Weimar, November 1928