The German Revolution marks an important part of the history of Germany. It extends through a series of events from November 1918 to March 1919. The root cause of the German Revolution was the growing social tension between the undemocratic and the inefficient German Empire and the growing agitation among the people in Germany. The German Revolution saw the fall of the monarchy and the emergence of a democratic republic rule.
The direct cause of the revolution in Germany found its first spark in the noncompliance of the German soldiers when they were asked to fight against the British Royal Navy. The revolt began in the ports of Wilhelmshaven and Kiel and gradually spread like wild fire in the rest of the country too. This resulted into the stepping down of the Kaiser Wilhelm II in the year 1918 and the power went over to Friedrich Ebert, who led the German Social Democratic Party.
But the Social Democratic Party had some other plans in mind that did not want the complete fall of the aristocracy. Thinking in the lines of the middle class in Germany, the Social Democratic Party in Germany called for forceful suppression of the German Uprising. This was a tool to merge the aristocrats in the upcoming democratic conditions, without any resistance from the common public. To stop the uprisings, Friedrich Ebert took the aid of the German Army and the Freikorps to subjugate the uprising. Mass executions and arrests were conducted. Over 700 men and women were estimated to have been dead during the process. The Weimer Constitution brought about the end of the German Revolution on August 11, 1919.
