The Kiel Mutiny in Germany 1918

Germany began to discuss a possible armistice with the Allies near the end of World War I. At the time the German navy was in a mutinous state. When the German High Seas Fleet was ordered to sail to the North Sea for a major battle against the British, the German sailors in Kiel refused to go and took up arms, setting off by their mutiny (October 29-November 3, 1918) an open revolution throughout Germany; only the U-boat (submarine) crews remained loyal to the emperor. Major revolts occurred in Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck (November 4-5) and spread to Muich (November 7-8); Bavaria declared itself a democratic and socialist republic. The emperor was forced to abdicate, and on November 11, 1918, the war ended.

References

Dictionary of Wars, 260.

Category

TBD

Region

TBD

State(s)

TBD

Belligerents

TBD

Dispute

TBD

Initiation Date

TBD

Termination Date

TBD

Duration

TBD

Outcome

TBD

Fatalities

TBD

Magnitude

TBD