23-24 December 1918: The Weihnachtskämpfe ("Christmas Eve struggle")—The revolutionary Volksmarinedivision ("People's naval division") mutinied against Chancellor Ebert's government over back wages; the regular army failed to quell the rebellion, prompting a reliance on the new right-wing Freikorps; & the more radical left-wing revolutionary parties quit the socialist coalition government.
Lest we forget.
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