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The German Revolution was the politically-driven civil conflict in Germany at the end of World War I, which resulted in the replacement of Germany's imperial government with a republic...

Timeline of Events

1918

10.29.1918

The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German revolution.

11.4.1918

The German Revolution begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.

11.9.1918

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.