What happened in Germany 1918?

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25th October 1918
Naval commanders decided to send their ships out to fight the British fleet but the sailors mutinied.
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26th October-5th November 1918
The Kaiser didn't send anyone to stop the mutiny so people over Germany demonstrated against the war and Kaiser. Soldiers mutinied and joined the protests.
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6th November 1918
Soldiers and workers councils took control of many cities. Their main aim was to end the war and the Kaiser all over Germany. The politicians were worried that there would be a total revolution.
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7th November 1918
Social democrats said to the Kaiser that unless he stood down they would join the revolution.
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9th November 1918
There was a general strike in Berlin. Armed soldiers and workers were roaming about the streets. A social democrat announced the abolition of the Kaiser and a setting up of a German republic.
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10th November 1918
The Kaiser flees to exile in Holland
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11th November 1918
The armistice (ceasefire) is agreed between the Germans an the allies.
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The Kaiser didn't send anyone to stop the mutiny so people over Germany demonstrated against the war and Kaiser. Soldiers mutinied and joined the protests.

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26th October-5th November 1918

Card 3

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Soldiers and workers councils took control of many cities. Their main aim was to end the war and the Kaiser all over Germany. The politicians were worried that there would be a total revolution.

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Card 4

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Social democrats said to the Kaiser that unless he stood down they would join the revolution.

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Card 5

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There was a general strike in Berlin. Armed soldiers and workers were roaming about the streets. A social democrat announced the abolition of the Kaiser and a setting up of a German republic.

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