Section 1

28 September 1918

German Generals recommend a civilian government

3 October 1928

Civilian government took charge with Liberal prince Max von Baden as Chancellor

31 October 1918

Kiel mutiny spreads unrest

9 November 1918

Max von baden hands power to socialist Ebert and a republic was declared and the Kaiser fled

10 November 1918

Ebert Groener Pact

11 November 1918

War ended

January 1919

Spartacist revolt suppressed

February 1919

Newly elected assembly met in Weimar

What 2 people declared the Republics on the 9 November 1918

Philip Scheidemann declared a republic and Karl Liebknecht declared a Soviet Republic

15 November 1918

ZAG was set up for trade unionists and and industrialists to work together on issues

Stephen Lee

The year 1918 saw in Germany a revolutionary situation but without a revolution. If there was a revolution it did not revolutionise

William Carr

The achievements of the revolution was undoubtedly limited. The structure of Germany was hardly affected by the revolution. Spirit of imperial Germany lived on in the unreformed civil service, judicary, and the officer corps