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The Founding of the Weimar Republic
THE GERMAN REVOLUTION
Summary
By August 1918 it was clear Germany was losing the war.
The German Spring Offensive had failed.
The Allies went on a counter-offensive - the USA had 2 million ‘fresh’ soldiers.
Germans on the home front were suffering - strikes + protests were frequent.
Military discipline was breaking down - Sailors at Kiel mutinied
Under pressure from the Generals, Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated (9 November)
SPD leader, Friedrich Ebert formed a new Government.
Germany had elections (January 1919) for a new Democratic Republic.