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The German Revolution of 1918: The Fall of the Kaiser
In 1918, as World War I ended, Germany erupted in revolution. Sailors mutinied in Kiel, workers and soldiers formed councils across the country, and within weeks the Kaiser abdicated and fled. This episode digs into the German Revolution of 1918-19: the collapse of the Wilhelmine monarchy, the rise of the socialist factions—from the moderate SPD to the radical Spartacists—and the bloody suppression of the uprising by the Freikorps. We follow Friedrich Ebert, Philipp Scheidemann, and the tragic figures of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht as they struggle over the nation's future. The…
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