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7 Cards in this Set
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Treaty of Brest-Litvosk
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March 3, 1918 - between russians and Germans led Russia to exit WWI
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Gen. Erich Ludendorff
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- Gen. in WWI thought that Germany would be successful on Western Front
- part of Brest-Litvosk - decided Ger. should seek an armstice in WWI - put radicals in gov. to make them deal w/problems - thought collapse of Germany was due to weakness @home not army |
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Paul Von Hindenburg
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- Field Marshal WWI
- thought ger. could not be salvaged by military alone - constructed the revolution from above |
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Friedrich Ebert
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-Social Democrat leader
- President from 1919 until his death in 1925 |
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Kiel Naval Mutiny (Wilhelmshaven Mutiny)
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- 1st chain of revolt spread across Ger. in days after army revolt
- sailors on German High seas fleet -October 29th 1918 -triggered German revolution - Hugo Kraft and Karl Artlet = leaders - Kiel Canal - |
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Karl Liebknecht
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-Leader of the spartakists
-spent the last 2 yrs of WWI in prison - shot in the back of the head after being captured by friekorps during the sparticist uprising in 1919 |
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Rosa Luxemburg
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- leader of the spartikists
- spent last two yrs of WWI in prison - shot in the head then thrown into the river after being captured by the freicorps in the Sparticist uprising |
