✦ History

Spartacist uprising

January 5–12, 1919

General strike and armed revolt by communists in Berlin against the Social Democratic government, crushed by Freikorps troops; its leaders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were murdered.

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Battles and events 1

October 29, 1918 – August 11, 1919
German Revolution Berlin and Kiel Wilhelm II, Paul von Hindenburg, Erich Ludendorff

Key commanders

Government 9

Wilhelm II Emperor, German Empire Erich Ludendorff Wilhelm Groener Matthias Erzberger belligerent leader Prince Maximilian of Baden belligerent leader Friedrich Ebert belligerent leader Philipp Scheidemann belligerent leader Ludwig III of Bavaria military commander Franz von Hipper military commander

Revolutionaries 2

Rosa Luxemburg belligerent leader Karl Liebknecht belligerent leader

Other 2

Paul von Hindenburg Gustav Noske Commanded the troops that crushed it