Images - Beginnings: War and Revolution

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1.	Sailors’ Uprising in Wilhelmshaven (November 6, 1918) Although preliminary ceasefire negotiations had already started by the end of October 1918, the German navy was ordered to set out for one last battle with British naval units on October 24, 1918.....
2.	Sailors’ Council on Board the Battleship Prince Regent Luitpold (November 1918) When the sailors revolted at the beginning of November 1918, workers' and soldiers' councils formed....
3.	The Proclamation of the Bavarian Republic (November 8, 1918) Bavaria was the first territory in the German Empire in which the November Revolution ended monarchy. After a peace demonstration in Munich on November 7, 1918, a group of leftists close to the journalist....
4.	Revolutionary Sailors and Soldiers Drive through the Brandenburg Gate (November 9, 1918) The November Revolution, set in motion by the sailors’ revolt, reached the imperial capital,....
5.	Philipp Scheidemann Giving a Speech from a Window of the Reich Chancellery (November 9, 1918) On the morning of November 9, 1918, Reich Chancellor Max von Baden proclaimed the abdication....
6.	Philipp Scheidemann Giving a Speech from a Window of the Reich Chancellery (Detail) (November 9, 1918) Philipp Scheidemann (1865–1939) proclaimed the republic in Berlin on November 9, 1918, paving the way for Germany’s first democracy: “The old and rotten, the monarchy, has collapsed.....
7.	The November Revolution in Berlin (November 9-11, 1918) This photo postcard is captioned “The surrender of the Guards Uhlan barracks to members of the workers’ and soldiers’ councils.” The image shows armed soldiers and civilians....
8.	Friedrich Ebert (1918) Friedrich Ebert (1871-1925), SPD leader since 1913, was appointed Reich Chancellor by predecessor Max von....
9.	The First Council of People’s Deputies (November 1918) On November 10, the SPD and USPD formed the First Council of People’s Deputies, a body in which each party had an equal number of members, including in the joint chairmanship of Friedrich....
10.	Allied Supreme Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch and the Allied Delegation after Signing the Armistice at Compiègne (November 11, 1918) The armistice talks in Compiègne, north of Paris, took place November 8–11, 1918. It fell to Mathias....
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