Kiel mutiny

<p>The Kiel mutiny  was a revolt by sailors of the German <a href="/facts/High_Seas_Fleet/6YClQGHo">High Seas Fleet</a> against the <a href="/facts/Seekriegsleitung/u8BDEMab">maritime military command</a> in <a href="/facts/Kiel/77oB2pHt">Kiel</a>. The mutiny broke out on 3 November 1918 when some of the ships' crews refused to sail out from <a href="/facts/Wilhelmshaven/9deashEc">Wilhelmshaven</a> for the final battle against the British <a href="/facts/Grand_Fleet/dFajnjQA">Grand Fleet</a> that the Admiralty had ordered without the knowledge or approval of the German government. The mutineers, who saw the planned battle as a futile "death voyage", took over Kiel with <a href="/facts/German_workers%2527_and_soldiers%2527_councils_1918%25E2%2580%25931919/d7hVzLoQ">workers' and soldiers' councils</a> and then helped spread them across Germany. The <a href="/facts/German_Revolution/PtYaRGEA">German Revolution</a> that was triggered by the councils swept aside the <a href="/facts/Hohenzollern_monarchy/2KwG1rYf">Hohenzollern monarchy</a> within a few days, brought about the end of the <a href="/facts/German_Empire/lwQutJyN">German Empire</a> and led to the establishment of the <a href="/facts/Weimar_Republic/LYYS66ad">Weimar Republic</a>.
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Kiel mutiny