Editing Germany (section)

==== November Revolution ====
By 1918, the German economy was crippled by four years of warfare, the German people were generally tired of the war, and the German military was demoralized after suffering in the trenches for four years only to start losing ground. Many Germans were putting pressure on Wilhelm II to end the war, especially German Communists who felt that the war shouldn't have even started to begin with. The German government refused to give in, however, ordering the German military to launch a last-ditch suicide run against the French and British. German sailors were furious at the command, refusing to obey it. The [[Kiel Mutiny]] began on November 3, 1918, when the sailors officially took up arms against the German government to demand the end of the First World War and the abdication of Wilhelm II. When the German Empire attempted to crackdown on the mutiny, it erupted into the [[November Revolution]] as the Spartacists, SPD, and USPD rallied behind the sailors in a national uprising. The adbication of Wilhelm II was announced on November 9, shortly followed by the surrender of Germany to Britain, France, Japan, and the United States on November 11. The First World War came to an end, but fighting in Germany continued as the SPD established the [[Capitalism|capitalist]] [[Weimar Republic]], turned on the Spartacists and the USPD, and massacred Communists on the streets. The SPD murdered Rosa Luxemburg on January 15, 1919, weaponizing the [[Proto-fascism|proto-fascist]] ''[[Freikorps]]'' to attack Communists on the streets.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjK4YSH4XcI When Social Democrats betrayed the revolution | The Kieler Mutiny]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe7nFtJ7bLw What if the 1918 revolution succeeded? | AltHist]</ref>