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Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD)

Germany · Politics / SDP. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1917Date range
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Chronological records

1917

Friedrich Ebert1917

Politics / SDP

The party's stance, under the leadership of Ebert and other revisionists like Scheidemann, in favour of the war eventually led to a split, with the more left wing elements in the party leaving in early 1917 to form the USPD

Names involved

Friedrich Ebert

Provenance

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