By autumn 1918, Germany defeat in the First World War seemed imminent.
In 10/1918, a new German government was formed, led by Prince Max of Baden. US President Woodrow Wilson refused to discuss peace terms with Prince Max and Germany while Kaiser Wilhelm II was in control.
At the end of October, the German navy mutinied and unrest befan to spread across Germany.
9/11/1918, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated the German throne due to his waning support and fled to Holland. As a result, a new German Republic was declared and Chancellor Freidrich Ebert accepted the armistice that ended the First World War. Many Germans saw the ending of the war as a betrayal of the German army (Reichswehr). From its very beginning, therefore, many Germans, especially those in the army, despised the new Republic.
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