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TheKiel mutiny was the first of a chain of revolts which spread across Germany in the next few days and which finally disrupted the German Empire. It is common to stress their unpolitical nature. More than one German historian has pointed out that dissidents in the armed forces hoisted the Red Flag because it was the only banner under which they could be sure of evading punishment for their action. Strikers or demonstrators could hope for reform; mutineers had to opt for revolution.1
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Nicholls, A.J. (1968). The German Revolution. In: Weimar and the Rise of Hitler. The Making of the Twentieth Century. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15286-5_2
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