Volksmarinedivision
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The Volksmarinedivision 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 Peop
Sailors' uprising, November 1918. The sign reads: "Soldiers' council. Long live the socialist republic."
Council of the People's Deputies. Left to right: Emil Barth (USPD), Otto Landsberg (SPD), Friedrich Ebert, Hugo Haase (USPD), Wilhelm Dittmann (USPD), Philipp Scheidemann (SPD)
Machine gun unit of the Volksmarinedivision by the Neptune Fountain, in front of the Berlin Palace
The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution, was an uprising started by workers and soldiers in the final days of World War I. It quickly and almost bloodlessly brought d
Proclamation of the republic by Philipp Scheidemann at the Reichstag building in Berlin, 9 November 1918
Erich Ludendorff in 1918. His calculated shifting of responsibility for the war's loss from the army to the civilian government gave rise to the stab-in-the-back myth.
Proclamation of the Bremen Soviet Republic outside the city hall on 15 November 1918