Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Wilhelm II refuses to abdicate, Prince Max of Baden simply announces that he had done so and frantically attempts to establish a regency under another member of the House of Hohenzollern. "Majority Social Democrats" (MSPD, who support a Parliamentary system) put themselves at the front of the revolutionary movement & demand that Emperor Wilhelm II abdicate
Helps persuade the Kaiser to abdicate
Announces the abdication of Wilhelm II during the armistice
Announces the Kaiser has abdicated
The Commander of the Imperial army, Hindenburg, orders the Kaiser to abdicate
With Hindenburg, helps bring about the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II
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